Analysis of the Relationship Between Body Perception and Self-Esteem of Women with Total Abdominal Hysterectomy Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy Surgery – A Secondary Publication

Abstract

Objective: To determine the relationship between body image and self-esteem of women who underwent total abdominal hysterectomy bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (TAH-BSO). Method: The sample of the descriptive study consisted of 118 women who underwent TAH-BSO in the obstetrics and gynecology service of a university hospital in Mersin. Data was collected using a self-made questionnaire, the Body Perception Scale (BAS), and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RBSS). Descriptive statistics included median, mean, standard deviation, number, and percentage values. Data evaluation methods included Mann-Whitney U Test and t-test to compare the means of two groups; Kruskal Wallis test and one-way ANOVA were used to compare the means of more than two groups; and Spearman correlation coefficient was used to determine the relationship between two continuous variables. Results: The mean age of the women was 50.13 ± 9.57, and the mean duration of marriage was 26.53 ± 11.97 years. It was found that 86.4% of the women were married, 40.7% were primary school graduates, and 55.1% had at least three children. Besides, 47.5% of the women applied to the hospital with the complaint of bleeding and according to 39% of them, the uterus meant nothing to them. Furthermore, the mean score of the women in BAI was 151.05 ± 26.64, and the mean score from RBSS was 5.02 ± 1.08. In the study, it was found that there was no statistically significant relationship between BAI and RBRS (r = -0.113; P = 0.224). Conclusion: In this study, it was determined that TAH-BSO surgery did not have a negative effect on women’s body perceptions and self-esteem. This result shows that women’s perspectives on common gynecological surgeries such as TAH-BSO have changed.