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Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms in Patients Requesting Cosmetic Breast Surgery in Midwestern Brazil

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: Background: The prevalence of depressive symptoms (DS) before cosmetic breast surgery was analyzed in the public (PbI) and private (PrI) institutions, comparing types of surgery and patients’ sociodemographic characteristics. Methods: A cross-sectional, observational, analytical study to evaluate the prevalence of DS in 185 patients of 18–71 years of age requesting 4 different cosmetic breast surgeries (with and without implants) at public and private institutions. Patients were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory and analyzed for statistical comparison. Results: The most common surgical procedures were reduction mammoplasty in the PbI and augmentation mammoplasty in the PrI. The prevalence of the positive risk for depressive disorder (≥15 points in Beck Depression Inventory) in the PbI was 25.8%, whereas in the PrI: 11.4% ( P = 0.012). Moderate and severe DS were, respectively, 120% and 242% higher in the PbI than in the PrI. No patients requesting mastopexy without implants had DS. The highest prevalence (51.4%) of DS occurred in patients with breast implants indications (augmentation mammoplasty and mastopexy with implants). The presence ( P = 0.12) or absence ( P = 0.33) of implant did not demonstrate a higher risk of DS. Among all patients, 7% answered positively to the statements on suicide ideation, with predominance within the group of implants (54.5%). There were significant differences between the PbI and PrI. Conclusions: The prevalence of DS was high (18.9%), with the risk being 2.3 times greater in the PbI. Patients from PbI and PrI showed significant different profiles. Patients for breast implants showed a higher score for suicide ideation.

Source: Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open

DOI: 10.1097/gox.0000000000001899

Authors: Paulo Renato de Paula, Fabiano Calixto Fortes de Arruda, Marcelo Prado, Carlos Gustavo Neves

Institution: Universidade Federal de Goiás

Language: English

Topic: Breast Implant and Reconstruction

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,195