Table 1.
Characteristics of included studies investigating body image (BI) in female with breast cancer (BCP) and healthy controls (HC)
| Study | CO | BCP | HC | Matched by age | BI Qu. | Quality of study | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Age(mean/ range) | BI score, mean (SD) |
Tumor size/ Cancer stage | Treatment | Time of assessment | N | Age(mean/range | BI score,mean(SD) | |||||||||||||
| Aerts et al., 2014 | BE | 56 |
57/ 34–75 |
10.54 (8.17) |
na/ Early BC stage |
Surgery, Chemotherapy, Radiation therapy, Endocrine therapy | After treatment | 81 |
56/ 26–80 |
4.49 (5.04) |
Yes | BIS | NOS: 7 | ||||||||
| Kraus, 1999 | USA | 31 |
52/ 29–82 |
122.94 (3.33) |
na/ Early BC stage |
Surgery | na | 30 |
53/ 29–82 |
116.47 (3.30) |
na | BIS* | NOS: 4 | ||||||||
|
Montañés Muro et al., |
SPA | 27 |
54/ 38–70 |
0.78 (0.44) |
na/ na |
Surgery | After treatment | 27 |
50/ 37–62 |
0.50 (0.27) |
na | BIS | NOS: 7 | ||||||||
| Savani et al., 2023 | IND | 60 |
46/ na |
10.48 (9.23) |
na/ na |
na | After treatment | 60 |
46/ na |
1.60 (2.49) |
Yes | BIS | NOS: 7 | ||||||||
| Jahromi et al., 2022 | IRI | 111 |
48/ 30–55 |
51.56 (15.09) |
Cancer grade 2 |
Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Surgery |
After treatment | 111 |
47/ 30–55 |
45.80 (16.82) |
Yes | FOBIQ | NOS: 8 | ||||||||
| *Bagheri & Mazaheri, 2015 | IRI | 50 | 32/na | 109.94(19.01) | na/na | Radiotherapy | After treatmen | 50 | 33/X | 120.20(19.82) | na | MBSRQ | NOS: 7 | ||||||||
| *Jablonski et al., 2018 | PL | 39 |
55/ 34–68 |
na | na | Surgery, BCT | After treatment | 39 |
52/ 34–68 |
na | na | BS-Q | NOS:7 | ||||||||
| *Izdorczyk et al., 2019 | PL | 120 |
55/ na. |
na | na | Mastectomy | After treatment | 99 |
54/ n.a. |
na | Yes | BAQ | NOS:4 | ||||||||
| *Anagnostopolous & Myrgianni, 2009 | GR | 70 | na | na | na | Surgery, Chemotherapy, Endocrine therapy, Radiotherapy | After treatment | 70 | n.a. | na | na | BIS | NOS:7 | ||||||||
SD standard deviation, BIS body image scale (Hopwood et al. 2001), BIS* body image scale- modified version (Polivy et al. 1977), MBSRQ multidimensional body-self relations questionnaire (Cash 1990), FOBIQ fear of body image questionnaire (Littleton et al. 2005), BS-Q body self-questionnaire (Mirucka, 2017), BAQ body attitude questionnaire (Probst et al. 1995), na. missing data, NOS newcastle-ottawa scale. BCT breast conservative therapy, BI QU body image related questionnaires, * studies in only qualitative analysis, CO country, BE Belgium, GR Greece, IN India, IR Iran, PL Poland, SP Spain, US United States of America