Body Image of Women Submitted to Breast Cancer Treatment

Thais Sousa Rodrigues Guedes,Nayara Priscila Dantas de Oliveira,Ayrton Martins Holanda,Mariane Albuquerque Reis,Clécia Patrocínio da Silva,Bárbara Layse Rocha e Silva,Marianna de Camargo Cancela,Dyego Leandro Bezerra Souza

Body Image of Women Submitted to Breast Cancer Treatment

2018

Thais Sousa Rodrigues Guedes
Nayara Priscila Dantas de Oliveira
Ayrton Martins Holanda
Mariane Albuquerque Reis
Clécia Patrocínio da Silva
Bárbara Layse Rocha e Silva
Marianna de Camargo Cancela
Dyego Leandro Bezerra Souza

Background: The study of body image includes the perception of women regarding the physical appearance of their own body. The objective of the present study was to verify the prevalence of body image dissatisfaction and its associated factors in women submitted to breast cancer treatment.

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Gynecology
Breast cancer
Public health
Medicine
Population
Human physical appearance
Multivariate analysis
Poisson regression
Demography
Statistical significance
Socioeconomic status
Confidence interval

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