title: [Socio-psychological aspects of prosthesis in women undergoing mastectomy for breast cancer].
abstract: A relationship between prosthetics, personality features and occupational rehabilitation of mastectomized women is discussed. Questionnaire-based data were obtained on patients' attitude towards prosthetics as well as on certain social and labor characteristics of 65 women under study. Prosthesis users approved of its cosmetic characteristics. Their satisfaction contributed to their adaptation to domestic and industrial environment. A tetrachoric coefficient correlation was established between "use of prosthesis" and "occupation".
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008875:Middle Aged; D010552:Personality Assessment; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational
vernacular_title: Sotsial'no-psikhologicheskie aspekty protezirovaniia u zhenshchin posle mastéktomii po povodu raka molochnoĭ zhelezy.