[Preoperative psychological evaluation of patients undergoing rhytidoplasty].
In order to evaluate the dynamics of personality in a group of women submitted to surgical treatment of the aging face. The purpose of the study was to find out the motivation and expectations regarding the surgery. Twenty-eight women, with the overage age of 49 years, were studied. The method used included questionnaire, the tests Drawings of Figure Human and Crown-Crisp Experiential Index. Twenty-two of the patients answered that the personal satisfaction the mais purpose the operation. They also believed that the plastic surgery would lead to a better professional and social activity. The patients wanted to have a good feminime and youthful appearance. The results of the Crown-Crisp were significant for obsessionality, somatic anxiety and hysteria and non significant for free-floting anxiety, phobic anxiety and depression.
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Disciplina de Cirurgia Plástica, ICHC-FMUSP.
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Tuma Júnior
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D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011581:Psychological Tests; D015361:Rhytidoplasty / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Avaliação psicológica pré-operatória de pacientes sumetidas a ritidoplastia.