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Psychosocial adjustment in head and neck cancer: The impact of disfigurement, gender and social support

✍ Scribed by Mark R. Katz; Jonathan C. Irish; Gerald M. Devins; Gary M. Rodin; Patrick J. Gullane

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
114 KB
Volume
25
Category
Article
ISSN
1043-3074

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Background.

The purpose of this study was to examine the psychosocial impact of disfigurement, gender, and social support after surgical treatment of head and neck cancer.

Method.

Eighty‐two ambulatory head and neck cancer patients, 6 months or more after treatment and free of active disease were assessed. Ratings of disfigurement were obtained using a valid and reliable 9‐point scale developed for the study. Standardized measures of social support, depressive symptoms, well‐being, and life happiness were used.

Results.

The sample as a whole displayed high levels of life happiness, low levels of depression, and positive feelings of well‐being. Women demonstrated higher levels of depression and lower life happiness; subjects with greater disfigurement were more depressed. Social support seemed to buffer the impact of greater levels of disfigurement on well‐being for women but not for men.

Conclusion.

These results suggest that women with head and neck cancer who experience low social support and face disfiguring treatment are at greatest risk for psychosocial dysfunction. Β© 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 25: 103–112, 2003

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