Association Between Observer-Rated Disfigurement and Body Image-Related Distress Among Head and Neck Cancer Survivors

David Macias; Brittany N Hand; Joseph Zenga; Patrik Pipkorn; Marci L Nilsen; Amy M Williams; Evan M Graboyes

doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2022.0822

Association Between Observer-Rated Disfigurement and Body Image-Related Distress Among Head and Neck Cancer Survivors

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Jul 1;148(7):688-689. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2022.0822.

Authors

David Macias¹, Brittany N Hand², Joseph Zenga³, Patrik Pipkorn⁴, Marci L Nilsen⁵, Amy M Williams⁶, Evan M Graboyes^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.
² School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
³ Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
⁴ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri.
⁵ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
⁶ Department of Family Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan.
⁷ Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses the association between observer-rated disfigurement and body image–related distress among survivors of head and neck cancer.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Body Image*
Head and Neck Neoplasms*
Humans
Quality of Life
Survivors

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding