Correlation between Self-Compassion and Body-Image among Women with Mastectomy | ||||
| Benha Journal of Applied Sciences | ||||
| Article 16, Volume 9, Issue 4, April 2024, Page 183-193 PDF (1.03 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Review Articles | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/bjas.2024.281412.1393 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
amira A. Mokhtar  ; Maaly I. El-Malkey; Mawaheb M. Zaki; Hend A. Mostafa
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| Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Mastectomy women always struggle to accept their body after the surgery and become isolated, criticize herself, and unable to use self-compassion as a mean of coping with such adversity. Aim of the study: This study aimed to examine the correlation between self-compassion and body-image among women with mastectomy. Resarch design: A descriptive correlational design was utilized to achieve the aim of the study. Setting: The study was conducted at general surgery outpatient’s clinics at Benha University Hospital which is affiliated to Ministry of High Education, Benha city, Qalubia Governorate. Subject: A purposive sample of (60) women with mastectomy was utilized in this study. Tools: Three tools were used for data collection: Tool (1): - A- structured interviewing questionnaire sheet included socio demographic as well as clinical characteristics of the studied women. Tool (2):- Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) & Tool (3):- Body-Image Scale. Results: The result of the present study revealed that, the majority of the studied women had low level of self-compassion and the majority of the studied women had poor level of body-image. Conclusion: There was a high statistically significant positive correlation between mean score of total self-compassion and mean score of total body-image among the studied women with mastectomy. Recommendations: Psychological intervention should be integrated as a part of routine nursing care to improve their self-compassion and body-image for all women with mastectomy. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Mastectomy; body-image; self-compassion | ||||
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