Quality of life following aesthetic plastic surgery: a prospective study

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 915-921

  Papadopulos, N A ^a   Kovacs, L ^a   Krammer, S ^a,b   Herschbach, P ^a   Henrich, G ^a   Biemer, E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aesthetic surgery; Body image; Patients' satisfaction; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST MALFORMATION; BREAST REDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIPECTOMY; LIPOSUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34347208667     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.01.071     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization as adopted by the International Health Conference: 100.
2. Alsarraf R. Outcomes instruments in facial plastic surgery. Facial Plast Surg 18 (2002) 77-86
3. Arndt E.M., Travis F., Lefebvre A., et al. Beauty and the eye of the beholder: social consequences and personal adjustments for facial patients. Br J Plast Surg 39 (1986) 81-84
4. Rozner L. Facial plastic surgery for Down's syndrome. Lancet 1 (1983) 1320-1323
5. Schopenhauer A. Aphorismen zur Lebensweisheit. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Insel Verlag; 1976.
6. Whalen G.F., and Ferrans C.E. Quality of life as an outcome in clinical trials and cancer care: a primer for surgeons. J Surg Oncol 77 (2001) 270-276
7. Ching S., Thoma A., McCabe R.E., et al. Measuring outcomes in aesthetic surgery: a comprehensive review of the literature. Plast Reconstr Surg 111 (2003) 469-480
8. Cole R.P., Shakespeare V., Shakespeare P., et al. Measuring outcome in low-priority plastic surgery patients using Quality of Life indices. Br J Plast Surg 47 (1994) 117-121
9. Klassen A., Jenkinson C., Fitzpatrick R., et al. Patients' health related quality of life before and after aesthetic surgery. Br J Plast Surg 49 (1996) 433-438
10. Rankin M., Borah G.L., Perry A.W., et al. Quality-of-life outcomes after cosmetic surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg 102 (1998) 2139-2145 [discussion 2146-7]
11. Harris D.L., and Carr A.T. The Derriford Appearance Scale (DAS59): a new psychometric scale for the evaluation of patients with disfigurements and aesthetic problems of appearance. Br J Plast Surg 54 (2001) 216-222
12. Meningaud J.P., Benadiba L., Servant J.M., et al. Depression, anxiety and quality of life among scheduled cosmetic surgery patients: multicentre prospective study. J Craniomaxillofac Surg 29 (2001) 177-180
13. Klassen A.F., Newton J.N., and Mallon E. Measuring quality of life in people referred for specialist care of acne: comparing generic and disease-specific measures. J Am Acad Dermatol 43 (2000) 229-233
14. Handel N. Surgical alteration of appearance among primitive societies in New Guinea. Plast Reconstr Surg 95 (1995) 181-191
15. M) - a short questionnaire for assessing subjective quality of life. Eur J Psychol Assess 16 (2000) 150-159
16. Huber D., Henrich G., and Herschbach P. Measuring the quality of life: a comparison between physically and mentally chronically ill patients and healthy persons. Pharmacopsychiatry 21 (1988) 453-455
17. de Haes J.C., and van Knippenberg F.C. The quality of life of cancer patients: a review of the literature. Soc Sci Med 20 (1985) 809-817
18. Nasri AF. Fragebogen zur Erfassung der subjektiven Lebenszufriedenheit: Fragen zur Lebenszufriedenheit (FLZ).
19. Reich J. Factors influencing patient satisfaction with the results of esthetic plastic surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg 55 (1975) 5-13
20. Cash T.F., and Horton C.E. Aesthetic surgery: effects of rhinoplasty on the social perception of patients by others. Plast Reconstr Surg 72 (1983) 543-550
21. Meningaud J.P., Benadiba L., Servant J.M., et al. Depression, anxiety and quality of life: outcome 9 months after facial cosmetic surgery. J Craniomaxillofac Surg 31 (2003) 46-50
22. Ware Jr. J.E., and Gandek B. Overview of the SF-36 Health Survey and the International Quality of Life Assessment (IQOLA) Project. J Clin Epidemiol 51 (1998) 903-912
23. Shakespeare V., and Cole R.P. Measuring patient-based outcomes in a plastic surgery service: breast reduction surgical patients. Br J Plast Surg 50 (1997) 242-248
24. Klassen A., Fitzpatrick R., Jenkinson C., et al. Should breast reduction surgery be rationed? A comparison of the health status of patients before and after treatment: postal questionnaire survey. BMJ 313 (1996) 454-457
25. Behmand R.A., Tang D.H., and Smith Jr. D.J. Outcomes in breast reduction surgery. Ann Plast Surg 45 (2000) 575-580
26. Cella D. Quality of life. In: Holland J.C. (Ed). Psycho-Oncology vol. 7 (1998), Oxford University Press, New York 1135-1146