Psychological Evaluation of Patients Seeking Rhinoplasty.
Eurasian J Med
; 48(2): 102-6, 2016 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-27551172
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The aim of this study was to evaluate different determinants of the patient's psychosocial functioning that might possibly affect the outcome of rhinoplastic surgery. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Forty-one patients undergoing rhinoplasty, consecutively admitted to and operated upon at the Department of Otolaryngology, Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital, Turkey, were studied with regard to their psychological characteristics.RESULTS:
In the patient group, Liebowitz anxiety, Liebowitz/avoidance, and Liebowitz/total scores were significantly higher than the control group (p<0.001). No significant differences were found between the patient and control groups according to Rosenberg self-esteem scale and The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. In the Quality of Life SF-36 results, significant differences were found between the patient and control groups apart from SF-36 scores of pain (p<0.05), vitality (p<0.05), social functioning (p<0.05) and emotional role difficulties (p<0.05).CONCLUSION:
Patient selection must be done very carefully to obviate not only physical, but also psychological postoperative complications. The SF-36 questionnaire may be of value in screening-patients for psychological problems prior to rhinoplasty.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Language:
En
Journal:
Eurasian J Med
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Turkey