Relating Body Image and Psychological Distress among Clients Seeking Cosmetic Surgery in Baghdad City Alwan Iman Hussaein1,*, Al-Ameri Maan Hameed Ibrahim1 1College of Nursing, University of Baghdad, Iraq *Corresponding author: Iman Hussaein Alwan. College of Nursing, University of Baghdad, Iraq
Online published on 7 May, 2019. Abstract The study aimed to assess Relating Body Image and psychological Distress among Clients seeking cosmetic Surgery in Baghdad City. A descriptive-analytic study was conducted at the cosmetic Units at AL-Wasiti Teaching Hospital and Ghazi Alhariri Teaching Hospital, and two beauty centers, Barbie beauty center, Arido Beauty Center in Baghdad city. The study was carried out through the period of 2017. Which consist of 154 participant to assess Relating Body Image and psychological Distress among Clients seeking cosmetic Surgery both gender (male and female). The questionnaire was consisted of three parts: the first part is concerned demographic characteristics of the clients that included (age of client, level of education, monthly income, type of surgery employment status, marital status). The finding of the study showed that the highest percentage is located within the age group of twenties (46.8%) (130%) the of the sample was female and represents 84.8% aged 20–29 years. distribution of participants within the levels of Body Image Disorder and distributes as 29.9% having extremely severe level. The study concluded that Clients seeking cosmetic Surgery have moderate and severe level of Body Image and psychological Distress. Top Keywords Body image, psychological distress, cosmetic surgery. Top |