title: Breast cancer and body image as a prognostic factor of depression: a case study in México City.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Being diagnosed with breast cancer is devastating for women because they face a "sense of loss". Since this loss is observed by the women themselves as well as by those around them, this can often lead to depression.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  (1) To verify a possible association between body image and depression; (2) To establish a relation between depression and time since breast cancer diagnosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data came from the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) and the Body Image Scale (BIS), which were used to evaluate the subjects. A random sample of n=120 women was divided into two groups. The women in Group 1 had been recently diagnosed with breast cancer, but had not at that time had any type of surgical treatment. The women in Group 2 had undergone a mastectomy over a year ago.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The women in Group 1 were found to be more severely depressed, and a statistically significant association was detected between depression and body image (p0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The women in Group 1, the majority of whom were suffering from severe depression, had a disturbed body image even though they had not had a mastectomy. The women in Group 2, who had been operated, also suffered from similar body image problems, but their depression was not as intense.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad de Granada. Hospital Clínico San Cecilio de Granada. Spain.. mariajaguilar@telefonica.net.
authors.forename: María J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Aguilar Cordero
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patología Quirúrgica. Universidad de Granada. Spain.. mariajaguilar@telefonica.net.
authors.forename: Norma
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mur Villar
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. México.. mariajaguilar@telefonica.net.
authors.forename: Marisol
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neri Sánchez
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. México.. mariajaguilar@telefonica.net.
authors.forename: María L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Pimentel-Ramírez
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. México.. mariajaguilar@telefonica.net.
authors.forename: Arturo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García-Rillo
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. Cuba.. mariajaguilar@telefonica.net.
authors.forename: Eusebio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gómez Valverde
mesh_terms: D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000523:psychology; D008800:Mexico; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales