A Journey of Restoring Self-Confidence: The Life Experiences of Women Recipients of Augmentation Mammaplasty

The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore the preoperative through postoperative phase experience of women who had undergone augmentation mammaplasty. Nine women undergoing augmentation mammaplasty were selected by purposive sampling and interviewed using semistructured, open-end...

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Published in:The Journal of Nursing Research 2007-06, Vol.15 (2), p.107-116
Main Authors: 吳婉如(Wan-Ru Wu), 鍾聿琳(Ue-Lin Chung), 張家寧(Sophia C. N. Chang)
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Augmentation mammaplasty
Female
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Living experience
Mammaplasty - psychology
MEDLINE
Middle Aged
Nursing
SCIE
Scopus
Self Concept
SSCI
Taiwan
TSCI
TSSCI
經驗歷程
隆乳
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Summary:The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore the preoperative through postoperative phase experience of women who had undergone augmentation mammaplasty. Nine women undergoing augmentation mammaplasty were selected by purposive sampling and interviewed using semistructured, open-ended interview guidelines. Researchers used Symbolic interactionism to frame their overall perspective and analyzed data with the content analysis method. Rigors of data analysis were adopted credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability proposed by Guba and Lincoln. The main theme of living experience of women who received augmentation mammaplasty could be summarized as “a journey to restore self-confidence”. The categories identified within this journey included(1) the invisible standards of breast beauty; (2) Taking courageous action to make changes; (3) conflicts between the natural and artificial. The above findings provided initial qualitative data from Taiwanese womenʼs perspective. By better understanding their experience, nurses can become increasingly sensitive to patientsʼ psychosocial adjustment and provide prudential nursing care.
ISSN:1682-3141
1948-965X
DOI:10.1097/01.JNR.0000387605.47779.d5