The relationship between attitude to cosmetic surgery and body image disorder among students of Iran University of medical sciences in the 2019 year

Authors
Hossein Safari 1
Masoumeh shahsavand 2
Yasaman Oshidari 3
Hassan Mandala 4
Maryam Shahrestanaki 5
Farbod Ebadi Fard Azar 1
Ehsan Shahrestanaki 2
1 Health promotion research center, Iran University of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4 Department of occupational safety and health engineering, School of public health, Iran university of medical science, Tehran, Iran
5 Faculty of educational psychology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Introduction

In the last two decades, the interest of various groups of people, including students, in cosmetic surgery procedures has increased due to dissatisfaction with appearance all over the world. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between attitudes to cosmetic surgery and body image disorder among students of Iran University of Medical Sciences in 2019 year.

Materials and Methods

This cross-sectional study was done on all students of Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran, between October 1 to the end of December 2019. In this study, the sample size was 400 people who were selected by a multi-stage sampling method (stratified and simple random sample). Data were collected using demographic data and questionnaires of attitudes to cosmetic surgery (ACSS), body image fear (BICI). The analysis was performed using STATA 11 statistical program. (StataCorp LLC).

Results

Out of 400 students, 53.80% were male, and 46.30% were female with a mean age of 22.35±3.80 years. However, the results of the one-way ANOVA showed a statistically significant difference between the mean ACSS score and educational level (P=0.003). Results of multiple linear regression test with adjusting for other variables showed that with increasing BICI score, the total score of ACSS and its subgroups were significantly increased. (P<0.001).

Conclusion

The results of this study indicate that body image disorder can have a direct impact on attitude toward surgery of students
Keywords
attitudes to cosmetic surgery
body image disorder
Student
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