title: [Preoperative psychological evaluation of patients undergoing rhytidoplasty].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Cirurgia Plástica, ICHC-FMUSP.
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tuma Júnior
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jacquemin
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Avaliação psicológica pré-operatória de pacientes sumetidas a ritidoplastia.