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El impacto de las alteraciones de la imagen corporal en la evitación social en pacientes quemados
Qingjiang Huang1, Zhujing Li1, Fengwen Yue1
1Burn Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Beijing Anzhen Nanchong Hospital of Capital Medical University & Nanchong Central Hospital, Nanchong, Sichuan, China.
Frontiers in psychiatry
|December 25, 2025
Resumen
Pacientes quemados
Área de la Ciencia:
- Psicología
- Cuidado de quemaduras
- Comunicación no verbal
Sus antecedentes:
- Las alteraciones de la imagen corporal son comunes en pacientes quemados debido a cicatrices y déficits funcionales.
- Estas alteraciones pueden provocar dificultades de comunicación y ansiedad social.
- La investigación previa ha explorado de forma limitada este fenómeno.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Analizar el impacto de las alteraciones de la imagen corporal en la evitación social en pacientes quemados.
- Investigar los mecanismos internos que vinculan las alteraciones de la imagen corporal y la evitación social.
- Ampliar el modelo de miedo-evitación en el contexto de la atención a quemaduras.
Principales métodos:
- Se reclutaron aleatoriamente 286 pacientes quemados.
- Se utilizó el modelo de miedo-evitación como marco teórico.
- Se analizó la relación entre las alteraciones de la imagen corporal, la evitación social, la resiliencia psicológica y el apoyo familiar.
Principales resultados:
- Las mayores alteraciones de la imagen corporal se correlacionaron con un aumento de la evitación social.
- La resiliencia psicológica mitigó el impacto negativo de las alteraciones de la imagen corporal en la evitación social.
- El apoyo familiar influyó positivamente en la percepción de la imagen corporal, la resiliencia psicológica y la evitación social.
Conclusiones:
- Las alteraciones de la imagen corporal impactan significativamente la evitación social en pacientes quemados.
- La resiliencia psicológica y el apoyo familiar son factores protectores cruciales.
- Se propone un marco de intervención colaborativa que involucre el apoyo familiar y la resiliencia psicológica para mejorar las habilidades de comunicación.
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