معاونت آموزشی وزارت بهداشت، درمان و آموزش پزشکی طب و تزکیه 1608-2397 22 3 2013 11 22 An Epidemiological Study of the Reasons for Tendency to Undergo Rhinoplasty in Tehran بررسی اپیدمیولوژیک علل گرایش به جراحی زیبایی بینی در شهر تهران 9 16 79457 FA Journal Article 2013 07 01 Goal:The rate of plastic surgery in Iran relative to it’s population is one of the highest in the world,knowing<br />the psychcosocial factors that effect this kind of surgery on the people and also why people decide to under<br />go such a procedure is of great importance ,this research was conducted to study the causes of people’s<br />tendency to undergo rhinoplasty in Tehran between years2011-2012.<br />Materials and Methods:this study was a cross sectional study which all of 16-50 years old Tehran<br />resident who wants rhinoplasty between years 2011 and 2012 had constitute its study population.After<br />listing all hospitals and surgical centers in which surgery was performed,research location was randomly<br />selected.Overall 800 patients during 8 months had been entered into the study.Data collection instrument<br />in this study was questionnaire which it’s validity and reliability have been confirmed.<br />Finding :132(16.5%)of the study subjects were male and 668(84.5%)were female .The mean and<br />standard deviation of age was 23.65_+2.87,and people between 18 -25 years old had the highest frequency<br />.Among all parameters,self esteem and peer advices had shown a significant difference between male and<br />female groups[p<0.05]. Low self esteem was the most important factor in motivation for rhinoplasty among<br />the participants in this study.<br />Conclusion :Low self esteem ,peer advices and social attitude toward themselves ,were the most<br />significant factors in tendency for this kind of surgery.assessment of the the motivation of the people for<br />rhinoplasty should be done by the surgeon before rhinoplasty ,in order to increases the patient’s satisfaction<br />and at the same time reduces the direct and indirect costs of this surgery. https://www.tebvatazkiye.ir/article_79457_ad6544a7cf4e2f4e852f295483271a27.pdf