Body image concerns in long-term head and neck cancer survivors: prevalence and role of clinical factors and patient-reported late effects.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Head and neck cancer (HNC) patients are at risk of long-term body image distress (BID). We aimed to investigate the severity of BID in long-term HNC survivors and to explore the associations between sociodemographic and clinical factors, patient-reported late effects, and cancer-related body image (BI) concerns.

Methods

This cross-sectional study included quality of life and BI assessment in an 8-year (SD = 1.58) follow-up after treatment among 258 HNC survivors. Multinomial logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the relationship between three groups of BI concerns (no concerns, mild to moderate concerns, and BID) and patient-reported late effects. Sociodemographic and clinical variables were included in the model as covariates.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Ivanova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10036408 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature