Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot148810.32687/0869-866X-2024-32-3-427-431НеопределенThe sociological assessment of psycho-emotional status after mastectomy as one of main indicators of life quality of women with breast cancer: ways of correctionAlikovaZara Ramazanovnaalikova_zr@mail.ruMamievaAlina Eduardovnanot@provid.edDzhioevaIrina Akimovnanot@provid.edAlikovaTamara Taimurazovnanot@provid.edThe Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education “The North Ossetia State Medical Academy” of Minzdrav of Russia, 362019, Vladikavkaz, Russia290620243232204202522042025Copyright © 2025,2025<p>The psycho-emotional status of women after radical surgery for breast cancer was assessed. The international questionnaire FACT-G and module FACT-B module were applied to investigate life quality of 186 women under dispensary monitoring concerning breast cancer of stage III. The respondents were aged 3040, 4150, 5160, 6170 and 71 years and older. In women who underwent radical surgery for breast cancer, psycho-emotional status is manifested most vividly as compared with other perceptions in the postoperative period and decreases quality of life. The overwhelming majority of women with breast removal experiences feeling of inferiority and depression, despair, fear of health deterioration and death that increase with age. The percentage of women satisfied with their coping with illness is 64.8% among 3041 years old, 45.8% among 5160 years old and 4.2% among 70 years and older. The impact of stress on disease is most felt in women of 5160 years old (63,6%) and 6170 years old (58,8%). No reliable differences in level of emotional condition of urban and rural respondents was established. The attitude of women to methods of postoperative correction through formation of breast lost depends on their age, place of residence, level of education. More than 60% of respondents under age of 50 years consider solution of aesthetic problem in endoprosthesis replacement with implants. Among respondents aged 5160 years, 25.0% preferred simultaneous mastectomy and breast reconstruction and 10.1% breast plastic surgery. The endoprosthesis replacement is more often resorted by women older 60 years and rural residents. The choice of mode of breast correction often depends on financial possibilities of patients. The study of quality of life of women with post-mastectomy syndrome is valuable component of integrated approach to dispensary monitoring that individualizes rehabilitation measures. 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