Trastorno de la imagen corporal en pacientes portadores de derivaciones urinarias

In spite of the progress in urological surgery that improve both physical and psychological patients health, there keeps being patients with non continent heterotopic urinary derivations that besides the physical problem that brings their the operation, they have to readjust their mental self-image that they have about themselves. Exposing cares that nursing staff lends to promote the body image of the patient is suggested as goal. Transversal descriptive study on the perception of body image of a total of 43 patients was carried out. For the study, Goldberg scale of anxiety was used - depression relating with body image. With this study it is intended to make nursing staff aware on the importance of the dealing with body image.