Ladan Esmalian Khamseh; Mehdi Asadi Mofarah; Somayeh Toorani
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Background: Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune, complex and progressive disease having various physical, psychological and social consequences. This study aimed to investigate the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy on body image in women with psoriasis. Methods: The research was ...
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Background: Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune, complex and progressive disease having various physical, psychological and social consequences. This study aimed to investigate the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy on body image in women with psoriasis. Methods: The research was semi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design in both experimental and control groups, and follow-up after 3 months of intervention. The statisticalpopulation included women with psoriasis. A total of 60 patients were selected as available samples and randomly were divided into control and treatment (experiment) groups. The researchtool was the cash’s Body Image Questionnaire (1987) . Data were analyzed by the SPSS 24 software using the repeated measures analysis of variance. Results: Cognitive behavioral therapy guidance reduced the image body anxiety and its two sub-scales in women with psoriasis, and this effect was permanent after three months. Conclusion: Using this therapeutic approach, we can help to reduce the concern of the body image in patients with psoriasis. Conclusion: Using this therapeutic approach, we can help to reduce the concern of the body image in patients with psoriasis.
Toosi Parviz; Barikbin Behrooz; Arbabi Mohammad; Saati Siavash
Volume 10, Issue 2 , 2007, , Pages 125-129
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Background and aim: Appearance concerns are increasingly common. Indeed, clinical surveys in the private settings show that more and more people are dissatisfied with some aspects of their physical appearance. Concurrently, there is increasing demand for cosmetic specialists to perform procedures to ...
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Background and aim: Appearance concerns are increasingly common. Indeed, clinical surveys in the private settings show that more and more people are dissatisfied with some aspects of their physical appearance. Concurrently, there is increasing demand for cosmetic specialists to perform procedures to enhance physical appearance. It is hypothetized that body image and acceptance of cosmetic surgery in the individual's environment motivate patients to have cosmetic procedure. Current study aimed to determine the demographics and body image concerns in persons seeking botulinum toxin type A injection as a cosmetic enhancement in private dermatologic clinics.Materials and methods: A questionnaire survey was done on 116 applicants attending 13 private dermatologic practices in Tehran.Results: The level of academic education and employment of women seeking this procedure was significantly higher than the average Iranian women. Forty-four percent of applicants reported previous cosmetic surgery which was significantly related to the experience of surgery among their first degree relatives. The number of applicants 20-35 years old was twice the number observed in USA, in the same age group. Conclusion: The high number of applicants in lower age groups is significant in this study. The best predictors of motivation for this cosmetic procedure were the level of education and individual's environmental acceptance, not their income.