Satisfaction with Quality of Life in Patients with Minimum Cicatricial Damage of the Face and Neck

• Main Authors: Iaremenko A., Isaeva E., Kolegova T., Sitkina E., Vasilieva Yu.
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Moscow State University of Psychology and Education 2018-04-01
• Series: Клиническая и специальная психология
• Subjects: self-attitude to the appearance; maxillofacial surgery; endoscopically assisted method; the quality of life
• Online Access: http://psyjournals.ru/files/92192/cpse_Yeremenko.pdf

Satisfaction with quality of life and self-attitude in patients operated by «traditional» (conventional surgical methods) and endoscopically assisted methods are considered in the article. Differences in the quality of life in patients, self-attitude to ones appearance are described. 65 patients were surgically operated and examined. Control group – patients operated by «traditional» techniques (35 patients), the average age of patients was 38 ± 11,1 years. The comparison group – patients operated using endoscopically assisted methods (30 patients), the average age of patients was 44 ± 17,7 years. Psychodiagnostic methods: 1. N. E. Vodopyanova`s scale of life quality; 2. The Short Form-36; 3. S.R. Panteleev`s Assessment of self-relationship. Complaints of paresthesia and pain experienced by patients who underwent a “traditional” operation were revealed as a result of the examination. Operated on with an endoscopically assisted method patients did not present any complaints. Differences between the assessment of the life quality and self-relationship in examined groups were found. Operated on with an endoscopically assisted method patients evaluated life quality, satisfaction with their appearance and physical condition higher than patients operated on with a “traditional” method.