Psychological variables associated with quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer: the role of body image distress.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to explore the relationship between quality of life (QoL) and body image distress in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC), considering relevant psychological variables (i.e., coping strategies, social anxiety symptoms, self-esteem, intolerance of uncertainty, pain, and distress). We also aimed to explore gender differences in patients with HNC in terms of relevant psychological variables in HNC.

Methods

Fifty-one HNC patients (37 males and 14 females) completed self-report questionnaires to assess body image distress, physical and mental QoL, and relevant psychological variables in HNC (coping strategies, social anxiety symptoms, self-esteem, intolerance of uncertainty, pain, and distress) before undergoing treatment. P

SUBMITTER: Cerea S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9633472 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature