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| Outcome measure | Description |
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| Strauss and Appelt’s Questionnaire for assessing one’s own body | This questionnaire consists of 52 items which are answered with “true” or “not true” and consists of four subscales:
(1) Attractiveness/self-confidence
(2) Accentuation of external appearance
(3) Worry about possible physical defects
(4) Problems regarding sexuality |
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| Subscale “Emphasis on attractiveness” of the Body Perception Questionnaire by Paulus | This is a 22-item scale which assesses the extent to which appearance is adjusted to meet social norms |
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| The Life Satisfaction Questionnaire | Covers ten areas of life, is, an index of general life satisfaction, and includes, healthiness, work life, financial status, leisure, partnership, relationship to own children, own person, sexuality, friends/relatives, and residence |
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| The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale | A self-rating scale which consists of two separate subscales for anxiety and depression (each with 7 items) and is used to detect states of depression and anxiety |
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| Author’s general questionnaire | Developed by the authors of the study and inquires about factors such as financing, expectations, reasons, desire for any other plastic surgery, dealing with the scar, satisfaction, effects on leisure activities, sexuality, inhibitions, and preoperative surgical information |
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