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The Effect of Counseling on Body Image and Loneliness among Post-mastectomy Women; An Interventional Study

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Last updated: 23 Dec 2024

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Reproductive health, maternal and child health, and mental health

Abstract

Background: One of the most dangerous illnesses affecting women's physical, mental, and social well-being is breast cancer. A mastectomy alters a woman's daily existence and has a detrimental impact on her perception of own body. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of counseling program on improving body image and feeling of loneliness among post-mastectomy women attending clinical oncology outpatient clinic at Zagazig University Hospital. Method: An interventional study was conducted among post-mastectomy women. Participants were randomly allocated to counseling and control groups. Participants were evaluated by the body image after breast cancer questionnaire (BIBCQ) and cancer loneliness scale (CLS) before and after implementation of six consecutive counseling sessions. Results: A total 116 women were included; 58 in intervention group and 58 in control group. The mean age was 45.67±8.98 and 48.1±7.59 years, respectively. After implementation of the intervention, all domains of body image significantly decreased compared to baseline in the intervention group with exception of body concern. On the other hand, vulnerability, limitations, and body concerns significantly decreased compared to baseline in the control group. For the overall score, all patients frequently reported experiencing negative thoughts about cancer and feelings of loneliness. However, after the intervention, the intervention group showed a significant increase in the frequency of infrequent perception of bad thoughts compared with the control group (77.6% vs. 37.8%, p<0.001). Conclusions: Counseling program had a positive effect on improving accepting body image and feeling of loneliness among women with breast cancer.

DOI

10.21608/ejcm.2024.278090.1292

Keywords

Intervention, Body Image, Loneliness, breast cancer, mastectomy

Authors

First Name

Marwa

Last Name

Hassan El-Kotait

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Family Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

Email

marwahady1987@yahoo.com

City

zagazig

Orcid

-

First Name

Eman

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

Ismail

Affiliation

Clinical Oncology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

Email

eman_ismail38@yahoo.com

City

zagazig

Orcid

-

First Name

Marwa

Last Name

Saeed

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

Family Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

marwamostafa@kasralainy.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-5461-7861

First Name

Nora

Last Name

Hussien

MiddleName

Nabil

Affiliation

Family Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

Email

dr.nora_jana@yahoo.com

City

10th of ramadan

Orcid

0000-0002-3211-6206

Volume

42

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

51111

Issue Date

2024-10-01

Receive Date

2024-03-20

Publish Date

2024-10-01

Page Start

242

Page End

249

Print ISSN

1110-1865

Online ISSN

2090-2611

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https://ejcm.journals.ekb.eg/article_360216.html

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360,216

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Original Article

Type Code

234

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Publication Title

The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine

Publication Link

https://ejcm.journals.ekb.eg/

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The Effect of Counseling on Body Image and Loneliness among Post-mastectomy Women; An Interventional Study

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Created At

23 Dec 2024