Survey of Relationship between Body Image and Mental Health among Applicants for Rhinoplasty before and after Surgery

摘要

The main goal of this study was survey of the relationship between body image and mental health of applicants for rhinoplasty before and after surgery. The participants were 100 females that referred to the rhinoplasty surgery clinics in Arak city during 2010. The simple random sampling method was used for selection of participants. Data were collected using multidimensional body-self relation questionnaire (MBSRQ) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). The study design was descriptive cross- sectional and correlation type. For data analysis Pearson product moment correlation was used. The results showed that there was significant correlation between body image and mental health before and after surgery (p 0/01). There were negative correlations among mental health, depression, and evaluation of physical appearance, satisfaction with body aspects before and after surgery; and there was a positive correlation among mental health, anxiety and attention to appearance, preoccupation with overweight, as well as positive correlations among mental health, depression, physical problems and attention to appearance and negative correlation between depression and appearance evaluation after surgery.