Nicole Paraskeva's Outputs (30)

A study protocol of the effectiveness of PEGASUS: A multi-centred study comparing an intervention to promote shared decision making about breast reconstruction with treatment as usual (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Increasingly, women elect breast reconstruction after mastectomy. However, their expectations of surgery are often not met, and dissatisfaction with outcome and ongoing psychosocial concerns and distress are common.... Read More about A study protocol of the effectiveness of PEGASUS: A multi-centred study comparing an intervention to promote shared decision making about breast reconstruction with treatment as usual.

Facilitating shared decision-making with breast augmentation patients: Acceptability of the PEGASUS intervention (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons Background PEGASUS is an intervention to facilitate shared decision-making by helping prospective patients consider their expectations of surgery, so that surgeons have a cl... Read More about Facilitating shared decision-making with breast augmentation patients: Acceptability of the PEGASUS intervention.

Body Image in Primary Schools: A pilot evaluation of a primary school intervention program designed by teachers to improve children's body satisfaction (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Body Image in the Primary School (Hutchinson & Calland, 2011) is a body image curriculum that is widely available but has not yet been evaluated. This study evaluates a set of 6 of the 49 available lessons from this curriculum. Seventy-four gi... Read More about Body Image in Primary Schools: A pilot evaluation of a primary school intervention program designed by teachers to improve children's body satisfaction.

An experimental study examining the impact of exposure to cosmetic surgery advertising on women's body image and intentions to undergo cosmetic surgery (2016)
Thesis

Objective: There have been calls from health professional organisations and advocacy groups to regulate and ban cosmetic surgery advertising due to concerns about increasing uptake of elective cosmetic surgical procedures that are often accompanied b... Read More about An experimental study examining the impact of exposure to cosmetic surgery advertising on women's body image and intentions to undergo cosmetic surgery.

Consumer opinion on social policy approaches to promoting positive body image: Airbrushed media images and disclaimer labels (2015)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2015. Disclaimer labels on airbrushed media images have generated political attention and advocacy as a social policy approach to promoting positive body image. Experimental research suggests that labelling is ineffective and consumer... Read More about Consumer opinion on social policy approaches to promoting positive body image: Airbrushed media images and disclaimer labels.

Media, marketing and mass advertising: Managing patient expectations (2015)
Journal Article

The mass media is a very powerful source of influence and plays a key role in promoting and defining cultural standards of beauty (Halliwell and Diedrichs, 2012). Research from the body image literature shows that repeated exposure to media messages... Read More about Media, marketing and mass advertising: Managing patient expectations.

The routine psychological screening of cosmetic surgery patients (2014)
Journal Article

In order to improve outcomes, the process of patient selection within the cosmetic industry has received considerable attention from surgeons, psychologists and policy makers. Indeed, as increasing numbers of people are seeking cosmetic procedures it... Read More about The routine psychological screening of cosmetic surgery patients.

Psychosocial predictors, assessment, and outcomes of cosmetic procedures: A systematic rapid evidence assessment (2014)
Journal Article

Background: Recent breast implant complications led to a UK government policy review of the evidence concerning cosmetic interventions. We synthesised cosmetic intervention research evidence covering psychosocial factors associated with requesting pr... Read More about Psychosocial predictors, assessment, and outcomes of cosmetic procedures: A systematic rapid evidence assessment.

Exploring the psychosocial impact of undergoing botulinum toxin treatment (2014)
Journal Article

In 2012, the American Society for Plastic Surgeons reported that 13 million minimally invasive treatments, such as botulinum toxin injections and dermal fillers, were performed in the US. As the demand for these procedures continues to rise, it is vi... Read More about Exploring the psychosocial impact of undergoing botulinum toxin treatment.

Psychological assessment prior to cosmetic procedures: Brief report on a pilot study (2013)
Journal Article

An increasing number of people are seeking cosmetic procedures to enhance their appearance; however, while the majority of patients are satisfied with the outcome of aesthetic surgery, some are dissatisfied despite achieving a positive technical outc... Read More about Psychological assessment prior to cosmetic procedures: Brief report on a pilot study.