Objective: To answer whether life satisfaction, self-esteem and body image rate differ significantly in patients before and after aesthetic rhinoplasty. Study Design: Quasi-experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital, Sialkot and Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi Pakistan,from Aug 2019 to Aug 2021. Methodology: The study was conducted on 60 male and female participants between the age of 20-50 years. The demographic questionnaire, questionnaires of life satisfaction, body image and Rosenberg self-esteem scale were used to investigate the significant difference between males and females for life satisfaction, body image, and self-esteem before and after rhinoplasty. Patients filled out the questionnaires before surgery and six months after surgery. Result: The results of the study showed a significant difference in the mean scores before and after rhinoplasty. For life satisfaction the scores were, 23.550±1.032, 28.80±13.31, for body image, 8.91±3.34, 28.51±4.27 and self-esteem 4.68±4.74,30.56±5.27 in both genders. Results revealed that 49 (56.80%) females, with the highest number (31, 51.7%) of undergraduate participants and the majority of them (40, 66.7%), were from the middle class. Conclusion: The results of our study confirmed a significant change in the participants' experience of their life satisfaction,body image and self-esteem after rhinoplasty.
Objective: To determine the relationship between superstitious beliefs and self-efficacy among participants and explore selfefficacy, age, education, gender and socioeconomic status as the significant predictors of superstitious beliefs among participants. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Garrison University, Lahore Pakistan, from May to Nov 2020. Methodology: Total number of 200 study participants, age ranged of 18 to 50 years, were selected. The questionnaires; (1) a measure to superstitions scale and (2) general self-efficacy scale, were used to analyze the relationship between superstitious beliefs and self-efficacy with the role of ageing, education and socioeconomic status among participants. Result: Out of 200 male and female participants, study results reveal that superstitions belief and self-efficacy were correlated positively in a very small to moderate direction. Moreover, the study result showed that age (β=0.10), gender (β=0.05), socioeconomic status (β=0.91), and self-efficacy (β=0.24) were positively predicting superstitious beliefs while education (β=- 0.09) was negatively predicting the superstitious beliefs among participants. Conclusion: The results of the study showed the positive correlation between superstitious beliefs and self-efficacy among participants. Furthermore, the study concluded that participants' age, gender, socioeconomic status and self-efficacy were positive predictors of superstitious belief.
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