Evaluation of Perceived Stress Levels and Body Perceptions of Patients Undergoing Upper Blepharoplasty

Aim: The purpose of the current study was to investigate the differences of perceived stress levels and body perception between patients scheduled to undergo upper blepharoplasty and control participants. Methods: Patients scheduled for blepharoplasty (as well as the control group) and unscheduled patients hospitalized to the university hospital's ophthalmology outpatient clinic were included. The subjects were given the Perceived Stress Scale and the Body Perception Scale in-person interviews. Software called IBM SPSS Data Package Program (25.0) was used to examine the data. Results: The research included 67 control patients (mean age 38.7±9.1 years, 80.6% female) and 40 blepharoplasty patients (mean age 42.5±10.2 years, 80% female). A statistically significant difference was seen between the mean Perceived Stress Scale scores of the patients scheduled for blepharoplasty and the control patients. The control group's mean Body Perception Scale score was found to be statistically significant, whereas the planned blepharoplasty patients' mean score was 148.2±16.5. Conclusion: Patients undergoing upper blepharoplasty had increased levels of perceived stress and lower body perception scores compared to controls. This can be explained as a finding rather than a cause-and-effect relationship, as the study was cross-sectional in nature and all the data were collected preoperatively. Keywords: blepharoplasty, psychological stress, body image