Abstract:
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to make questionnaire for screening body dysmorphic disorder sufferers in cosmetic clinics. Method: A sample of 150 female patients with age average 29.4 years completed Physical Appearance Concern Questionnaire. It has been used as screening tool for screening patients with body dysmorphic disorder symptoms in cosmetic clinics. Results: Result of reliability analysis (α=0.908) and validity have shown the effectiveness of this questionnaire for recognizing individuals with BDD symptoms. Conclusion: Physical appearance concern questionnaire can be used in cosmetic clinics for identifying BDD sufferers among clients, with score for the severity of symptoms. Almost all of the researches have been studying in cosmetic clinics or dermatology settings and there is no investigation for people with special needs, thus further research is required in the development of a screening questionnaire or interview for identifying patients with BDD with special needs.
Machine summary:
Islamic Azad University (Tehran Medical branch) Objectives: The purpose of this study is to make questionnaire for screening body dysmorphic disorder sufferers in cosmetic clinics.
It has been used as screening tool for screening patients with body dysmorphic disorder symptoms in cosmetic clinics.
The current study has prepared Physical Appearance Concern Questionnaire as screen tool for searching body dysmorphic disorder sufferers in cosmetic clinics among women patients.
The physical appearance concern questionnaire (PACQ) has been used as screening tool for indentifying patients with body dysmorphic disorder symptoms.
The Physical Appearance Concerns Questionnaire (PACQ) has been prepared as screen tool for searching patients with BDD in cosmetic clinics.
900 The PACQ was found to be a reliable and valid instrument for screening individuals with symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder in cosmetic clinics.
Discussion To our knowledge, this is the first study in Iran to prepare screening tool (PACQ) for body dysmorphic disorder in cosmetic clinic (dermatology setting and cosmetic surgery).
There is another inventory in Iran for detecting patients for seeking rhino-plasty surgery named Body Image Concern Inventory (BICI); however it has been studying just for rhinoplasty and has shown 12.
Unfortunately questionnaires such as the Body Dysmorphic Disorder Questionnaire (BDDQ) (19) have been validated in a dermatology setting (15) they have not been studied in a cosmetic surgery and also there is no score for the severity of symptoms.
A Screening Questionnaire for Body Dysmorphic Disorder in a Cosmetic Dermatologic Surgery Practice.