title: The Mirror Program: Preparing Women for the Postoperative Mastectomy Mirror-Viewing Experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Preparing women for the experiences they will endure during the breast cancer trajectory improves psychological outcomes and quality of life. Women have found that it may be difficult to view themselves in a mirror after having a mastectomy. Supporting women who have had a mastectomy in mirror-viewing and body image is a relatively new yet important intervention in oncology nursing.
  
  
  METHODS
  The feasibility of a preoperative mirror program given by oncology nurse navigators to women who were scheduled for a mastectomy was examined in this randomized control study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pre- and postoperative data on anxiety, body image, depression, emotional well-being, and mirror use were collected from intervention participants (n = 10) and control subjects (n = 9).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This article illustrates the development of the mirror program and the results of the feasibility trial, and provides a discussion with implications for future research.
authors.affiliation: Nelda C. Stark College of Nursing, Texas Woman's University, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Wyona M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Freysteinson
authors.affiliation: System Cancer Services, Memorial Hermann Health System, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Amy S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Deutsch
authors.affiliation: Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital, Memorial Hermann Health System, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Davin
authors.affiliation: Memorial Hermann the Woodlands Hospital, Formally of Memorial Hermann Health System, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.affiliation: Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital, Memorial Hermann Health System, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sisk
authors.affiliation: Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, Memorial Hermann Health Systems, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Lilian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sweeney
authors.affiliation: Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital, Memorial Hermann Health Services, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wuest
authors.affiliation: Nelda C. Stark College of Nursing, Texas Woman's University, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Sandra K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Cesario
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods
keywords: Holistic health; oncology; women's health