Psychological Perspectives

Murphy, Fiona

doi:10.1002/9781119413172.ch4

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“…Positive engagement with their family members can lead to better decisions and self-care. Many people need psychological support from health care groups, and it is important to recognize this at the beginning (20). When a patient complains of physical discomfort, it is important to understand that his or her body image has changed, as this will be effective in providing supportive measures (10).…”

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The Relationship Between Self-Care Behavior and Concerns About Body Image in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis in Iran

Nia

Kohestani

Froelicher

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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Background and AimHemodialysis treatment saves the life of people with end-stage renal disease (ERDS), but does not prevent the suffering of the disease, anxiety, hopelessness, and so on. Many studies have been performed on self-care behaviors as well as body image in different patients, but so far, no research has been done to investigate the relationship between self-care behavior and body image concerns in hemodialysis patients. Therefore, the aims of this study are to determine the relationship between self-care behavior and body image concern in patients undergoing hemodialysis.Materials and MethodsA cross-sectional design was used to evaluate Self-care Behavior and Concerns about Body Image in a convenience sample of 280 patients with ERDS. Measures included demographic factors, health characteristics, and validated instruments of the study constructs Body Image Concern Questionnaire (BICI) and Assessment of self-care behaviors with arteriovenous fistula (ASBHD-AVF).ResultsThis study showed that self-care behaviors have the ability to predict body image concerns. There was a negative and significant relationship between self-care behavior and body image concern (B = −0.162, β = −0.140, p = 0.020). These variables explain 7.5% of predictors.ConclusionAlthough the findings of the present study showed that increasing age and improving the level of self-care behaviors in patients undergoing hemodialysis reduces body image anxiety, but women were the strongest predictor of body image anxiety.

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