The effect of abdominal hysterectomy on women's body image

To evaluate the effect of abdominal hysterectomy on Body Image Scale (BIS) on women in educational hospital in Tehran. Analytical prospective study of the body image scale by 73 married women 35 to 55 years old based on entering criteria participating randomly in evaluate abdominal hysterectomy trial. The scale was completed pre-operatively, then 2 and 3 month post-operatively. Data was evaluated by Repeated Measures and Pair-wise comparisons in SPSS software. Significant differences in bis scores were found between women in before and 2and 3 month after abdominal hysterectomy. Demographic and reproductive characteristic were not associated with BIS. Abdominal hysterectomy was effective on women Body image in short period of time.