Psychological effects of a cosmetic education programme in patients with breast cancer

Park, H.Y.; Kim, J.H.; Choi, Sung‐Woon; Kang, Eunyoung; Oh, Se‐jin; Kim, J.Y.; Kim, S.W.

doi:10.1111/ecc.12290

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“…Contrary to our expectation, the current intervention had no differential effect on body image as both groups reported similar increases over time. While these results indeed were in line with one recent study, positive effects on body image have been documented previously in breast cancer patients receiving a beauty care intervention within 1‐week postsurgery, pointing towards the need for interventions to be carried out close to the onset of cancer treatment to have an effect on body image satisfaction as well. Thus, body image effects of the current intervention may be attenuated by the longer duration between diagnosis and intervention.…”

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“…However, it has been less clear whether these interventions only have a short‐term or also a longer‐term psychological effect, as prior results were often limited to treatment effects, which were investigated immediately after the intervention (eg, on the same day) or to studies that did not implement a randomized control group design. In contrast to previous studies (eg,), the current study was the first to consistently demonstrate midterm improvements on a range of psychological outcomes. As previous studies varied to a large degree regarding the examined follow‐up intervals, this may be due to methodological differences: Some studies did not include follow‐up assessments, thus leaving it unclear if the intervention had any lasting effect at all; others used quite long follow‐up intervals (eg, several months) with no in‐between measurement points and indicated no lasting treatment effect.…”

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“…For example, although beauty care treatment increased body image satisfaction after surgery, these improvements did not persist to 3 months later . Similarly, immediate decreases in distress and increases in stress coping have recently been documented, but no differences were found at 1‐month follow‐up. Initial evidence indicates, however, that beauty care may improve facets of quality of life midterm to the effect of a higher self‐confidence and optimism even after the end of radiotherapy …”

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Recover your smile: Effects of a beauty care intervention on depressive symptoms, quality of life, and self‐esteem in patients with early breast cancer

Richard

Harbeck²,

Wuerstlein³

et al. 2018

Psycho-Oncology

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Objective Medical cancer treatment is often accompanied by appearance‐related side effects such as hair loss, skin irritation, and paleness, which can subsequently lead to psychosocial distress. Initial evidence suggests that beauty care interventions may reduce distress and improve quality of life (QoL), body image, and self‐esteem immediately. Methods We investigated the effects of a brief beauty care intervention on self‐reported symptoms of depression, quality of life, body image, and self‐esteem in 39 female primary breast cancer patients with appearance‐related treatment side effects. Patients were randomly assigned either to an immediate intervention group (IG) or to a wait‐list control (WL). The intervention consisted of a single‐session group makeup workshop, a photo shooting, and of receiving professionally edited portrait and upper‐body photos. Results While groups did not differ regarding any measure at the pretreatment baseline assessment, IG patients reported less symptoms of depression, higher QoL, and higher self‐esteem compared with baseline and compared with WL. Follow‐up at 8 weeks indicated moderate stability of these improvements. Conclusions In contrast to previous research, results indicate beneficial short‐term and midterm effects of beauty care on psychological outcomes in patients with early breast cancer. These results emphasize the utility of this type of brief, low‐cost intervention in women undergoing medical cancer treatment in order to improve their well‐being.

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Recover your smile: Effects of a beauty care intervention on depressive symptoms, quality of life, and self‐esteem in patients with early breast cancer

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Wuerstlein³

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“…Park et al . () found that women were less likely to experience distress having gone through the programme, potentially serving as a diversion from illness and improving mood. This study demonstrates how professionals can run simple well‐being programmes, perhaps in the future with a greater focus on positive coping strategies and self‐esteem.…”

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“…A study from Korea by Park et al . () highlights how a cosmetics educational programme in patients with breast cancer may help patients better handle appearance‐related side effects. Based on the initiatives such as ‘Look good, feel better’ (http://www.lookgoodfeelbetter.co.uk) in the UK, this programme aimed to enhance body image through a makeup and wig workshop.…”

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Reflecting on patient experiences, behaviours and subsequent effects on cancer care and outcomes

Pattison

2015

Eur J Cancer Care

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Reflecting on patient experiences, behaviours and subsequent effects on cancer care and outcomes Keywords: patient experiences, outcomes, health behaviour, professional behaviour, cancer care. Improving patient experience in the prevention and management of cancer is an issue that all health professionals grapple with; critical areas include better alleviation of symptoms, understanding of health behaviours, more expedient diagnosis and treatment, prevention of recurrence , understanding of needs and provision of support. This issue of EJCC presents several pieces of research from around the world, including resource-challenged settings , with the aim of better understanding and dealing with patient experience, and also understanding why health care professionals might fail their patients in providing timely cancer care and guidance. We see how behaviours of young people, health care professionals and patients have a significant effect on care received, and in turn, cancer outcomes, prompting us to examine our inter-personal interactions and the information we give to our patients and the public. Durif-Bruckert et al. (2015) explore the dynamic between doctors and patients and how they achieve shared decision-making about surgical treatment for early-stage breast cancer. Interestingly, they used a mixed approach of observation, interviews and questionnaires, to unpick and challenge commonly held notions and behavioural models regarding how doctors and patients interact in a modern health care environment; the concept of participation (in terms of information time from the consultation and different concerns at each stage of breast cancer), appears very important to patients using shared decision-making approaches. Moreover, patients were seen to choose to engage in shared decision-making in varying ways across the disease continuum-it is a dynamic, shifting process, which can induce anxiety in patients and also highlights how traditional medical authority has changed. Importantly, Durif-Bruckert et al.'s study highlights the level of understanding, or lack, of information provided by the doctor, emphasising how we need to think about new and novel approaches to information giving, and shared decision-making. We also need to consider that in blindly adhering to a shared decision making model, we may well assign patients a role counterintuitive to their wishes for receiving 'best care', and therefore increase vulnerability-shifting back to care with paternalistic undertones, and challenging patients' need for autonomy. These are not easy issues to negotiate; they compel us to reflect, as health care professionals, on how we interact with our patients' treatment decisions. A very different study exploring the support of women with intellectual disability in undertaking breast screening is reported by Willis et al. (2015); however, the findings have a similar theme: the quality and quantity of support women received was, in part dependent on who supported them, as well as their own intellectual disability. This work...

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Interventions for sexual dysfunction following treatments for cancer in women

Candy

Chi

Graham‐Wisener

et al. 2016

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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Background The proportion of people living with and surviving cancer is growing. This has led to increased awareness of the importance of quality of life, including sexual function, in those affected by cancer. Sexual dysfunction is a potential long-term complication of many cancer treatments. This includes treatments that have a direct impact on the pelvic area and genitals, and also treatments that have a more generalised (systemic) impact on sexual function. This is an update of the original Cochrane review published in Issue 4, 2007, on interventions for treating sexual dysfunction following treatments for cancer for men and women. Since publication in 2007, there has been an increase in the number of trials for both men and women and this current review critiques only those for women. A review in press will present those for men. Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of interventions for treating sexual dysfunction in women following treatments for cancer. To assess adverse events associated with interventions. Search methods We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL 2015, Issue 9), MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, AMED, CINAHL, Dissertation Abstracts and the NHS Research Register. The searches were originally run in January 2007 and we updated these to September 2015. Selection criteria We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that assessed the effectiveness of a treatment for sexual dysfunction. The trial participants were women who had developed sexual dysfunction as a consequence of a cancer treatment. We sought evaluations of interventions that were pharmaceutical, mechanical, psychotherapeutic, complementary or that involved physical exercise. Data collection and analysis Two review authors independently extracted the data and assessed trial quality. We considered meta-analysis for trials with comparable key characteristics. 1 Interventions for sexual dysfunction following treatments for cancer in women (Review)

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Psychological effects of a cosmetic education programme in patients with breast cancer

Cited by 24 publications

References 65 publications

Recover your smile: Effects of a beauty care intervention on depressive symptoms, quality of life, and self‐esteem in patients with early breast cancer

Recover your smile: Effects of a beauty care intervention on depressive symptoms, quality of life, and self‐esteem in patients with early breast cancer

Reflecting on patient experiences, behaviours and subsequent effects on cancer care and outcomes

Interventions for sexual dysfunction following treatments for cancer in women

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