%0 Journal Article
%T Quality of life and self-image in patients with head and neck cancer
%A Marina Silveira e Silva
%A Carolina Chem
%A Elisa Kern de Castro
%J Universitas Psychologica
%D 2012
%I Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
%X Head and neck cancer refers to skin tumors that affect people of all ages. Treatments for this type of disease include surgeries, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Purpose: to examine self-image and quality of life of patients who had head and neck cancer. Participants: 28 patients between 30 - 73 years. Instruments: Instrument for Assessing Quality of Life of the WHO - and the brief version of Evaluation Scale with Body Satisfaction. Results: Total quality of life and their subscales was positively correlated with self-image, exception of social relations subscale. Self-image was a significant predictor of total quality of life and physical psychological and environment dimension. Conclusion: quality of life was closely linked with self-image in these patients.
%K Quality of Life
%K Self-image
%K Head
%K Neck Cancer
%U http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revPsycho/article/download/514/1515