Plastic Surgery New Jersey

The questionnaire focused on three areas: patient satisfaction with the results of rhinoplasty: level of psychological change following rhinoplasty; and patient expectations prior to rhinoplasty surgery

In order to measure satisfaction with rhinoplasty, patients were asked to rate their level of satisfaction with cosmetic results on a 0 to 10 point scale. To measure the level of psychological change following rhinoplasty, 15 questions were used to assess a given patient's attitude towards appearance. sense of self-esteem, and behavior in social situations. The average of changes in these three areas is referred to as a patient's psychological change score.

Patient expectations prior to rhinoplasty were assessed in two ways: in terms of psychological expectations dealing with possible differences in a person's feeling of attractiveness, popularity, self-confidence and social relationships which might take place following rhinoplasty. and physical expectations aimed specifically at the patient's imagined idea of what the face and nose would like following surgery. A 0 to 10 point scale again was utilized to measure both levels of expectations.

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