Temporal Trajectory of Body Image Disturbance in Patients with Surgically Treated Head and Neck Cancer.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To characterize the temporal trajectory of body image disturbance (BID) in patients with surgically treated head and neck cancer (HNC). STUDY DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Academic medical center. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Patients with HNC who were undergoing surgery completed the Body Image Scale (BIS), a validated patient-reported outcome measure of BID, pretreatment and 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months posttreatment. Changes in BIS scores (ΔBIS) relative to pretreatment (primary endpoint) were analyzed with a linear mixed model. Associations between demographics, clinical characteristics, psychosocial attributes, and persistently elevated BIS scores and increases in BIS scores ≥5 points relative to pretreatment (secondary endpoints) were analyzed through logistic regression.

SUBMITTER: Graboyes EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7054175 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature