The relationship between attitude to cosmetic surgery and body image disorder among students of Iran University of medical sciences in the 2019 year

 The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between attitudes to cosmetic surgery and body image disorder among students of Iran University of Medical Sciences in 2019 year.

Materials:

 This cross-sectional (descriptive-analytical) study was performed on all students of Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran between October and December of 2019 for three months. The sample size was 400 students. Data were collected using demographic data and questionnaires of attitudes to cosmetic surgery (ACSS), body image fear (BICI). All statistical analyzes were performed using STATA 11 software (StataCorp LLC).

Out of 400 students, 53.80% were male and 46.30% were female with mean age of 22.35±3.80 years. Independent t-test results showed no significant difference between the mean ACSS score of gender groups (P- value = 0.128) and marital status (P-value = 0.719). But the results of one-way ANOVA showed a statistically significant difference between the mean ACSS score and educational level (P-value = 0.003). Results of multiple linear regression test with adjusting for other variables showed that with increasing BICI score, total score of ACSS and its subgroups were significantly increased. (P-value <0.001).

The results of this study indicate that body image disorder can have a direct impact on attitude toward surgery of students. Undergraduate students were also more likely to undergo cosmetic surgery than graduate students.