Título

Breast cancer and body image as a prognostic factor of depression: a case study in México City

Autor

María José Aguilar Cordero

Norma Mur Villar

MARISOL NERI SANCHEZ

Maria Luisa Pimentel Ramírez

ARTURO GARCIA RILLO

Eusebio Gómez Valverde

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true

Acceso Abierto

Licencia

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Materias

Medicina - ([Nutrición Hospitalaria (España) Num.1 Vol.31]) Breast cancer - ([Nutrición Hospitalaria (España) Num.1 Vol.31]) Body image - ([Nutrición Hospitalaria (España) Num.1 Vol.31]) Depression - ([Nutrición Hospitalaria (España) Num.1 Vol.31]) MEDICINA Y CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD - (CTI)

Resumen o descripción

Introduction: Being diagnosed with breast cancer is devastating for women because they face a sense of loss. Since this loss is observed by the women themselves as well as by those around them, this can often lead to depression. Objectives: (1) To verify a possible association between body image and depression; (2) To establish a relation between depression and time since breast cancer diagnosis. Method: The data came from the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) and the Body Image Scale (BIS), which were used to evaluate the subjects. A random sample of n=120 women was divided into two groups. The women in Group 1 had been recently diagnosed with breast cancer, but had not at that time had any type of surgical treatment. The women in Group 2 had undergone a mastectomy over a year ago. Results: The women in Group 1 were found to be more severely depressed, and a statistically significant association was detected between depression and body image (p<0.05). In contrast, in Group 2, even though many of the subjects also felt depressed because of a distorted or disturbed body image, their depression was milder (p>0.05). Conclusions: The women in Group 1, the majority of whom were suffering from severe depression, had a disturbed body image even though they had not had a mastectomy. The women in Group 2, who had been operated, also suffered from similar body image problems, but their depression was not as intense.

Editor

Grupo Aula Médica

Fecha de publicación

2015

Tipo de publicación

Artículo

Recurso de información

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11799/40263

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application/application/pdf

Fuente

Nutrición Hospitalaria (España) Num.1 Vol.31

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Inglés

Relación

http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3092

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Estudiantes

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Repositorio Orígen

REPOSITORIO INSTITUCIONAL DE LA UAEM

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