Academic Editor: Michael H. Dahan
Background: This study aimed to explore the effects of cosmetic care on
body image (BI), and social avoidance and distress (SAD) in young Chinese breast
cancer patients, aged 18–40 years old, receiving adjuvant chemotherapy.
Methods: This was a 2-arm quasi-experimental study based on a
single-center. A convenience sample of 76 hospitalized young female breast cancer
patients, stage 0-III breast cancer diagnosis was recruited. The control group
received usual care, while cosmetic care was added to the intervention group. The
primary outcomes were BI and SAD accompanying chemotherapy, and the secondary
outcome was the appearance satisfaction. It was registered at Clinical
Trials.gov, no. NCT04733482. Results: There were significant differences
in patients’ body image, and social avoidance and distress scores from the
pre-discharge (T0) to at the end of the chemotherapy cycle (T2) between two
groups (P