Anxiety symptom and personality disorder among medical aesthetic clients
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2024.03.006
- VernacularTitle:医疗美容门诊咨询者的焦虑症状和人格障碍
- Author:
Yimou SUN
1
;
Peilin XU
;
Zhaorui LIU
;
Tingting ZHANG
;
Yueqin HUANG
;
Bi LI
Author Information
1. 北京大学第三医院成形科,北京 100191
- Keywords:
medical aesthetics;
anxiety symptom;
personality disorder
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2024;38(3):225-231
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To describe the prevalence of anxiety symptom and personality disorder among medical aesthetic clients,and explore related factors of anxiety symptoms among them.Methods:Totally 788 clients who consulted in a cosmetic plastic surgery department were recruited in a tertiary hospital in Beijing from November 2021 to July 2023.Using the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4(PDQ-4)and the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale(SAS)as assessment instruments,with a cutoff point of 42 and 50 points respectively,for screening out personality disorder and anxiety symptom.Statistical analysis was conducted by analysis of variance,chi-square tests,multivari-ate linear regression and logistic regression.Results:The rate of anxiety symptom among the medical aesthetic cli-ents was of 15.23％(120/788),and the prevalence of personality disorder was 3.50％(28/788).Age was nega-tively associated with SAS scores(β=-0.82,P=0.009),PDQ-4 score was positively associated with SAS score(β=0.15,P＜0.001),eye plastic surgery,facial contouring and minimally invasive plastic surgery were positively associated with SAS score(β=2.00-3.64,P＜0.05).Conclusion:The younger and the more prominent the per-sonality dysfunction the clients are,the severer anxiety symptom they have.The clients who consult for eye plastic surgery,facial contouring,and minimally invasive plastic surgery have severer anxiety symptom.
