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Volume 1, Issue 1 J Nurs Res Pract Nursing Care & Breast Congress 2017
December 11-13, 2017
December 11-13, 2017 | Rome, Italy
Joint Event
&
45th WORLD CONGRESS ON NURSING CARE
8TH EUROPEAN BREAST CONGRESS
Distinguishing change in self-perception by self-figure drawings in subjects who underwent different
breast cancer treatments
Ziva Ariela Barel-Shoshani1 and Shulamith Kreitler2
1Haifa University, Israel
2Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in Western society. Advances in medicine and technology have led to a
significant reduction in the mortality rate. Hence, it is important to address the psychological consequences of the disease
in breast cancer survivors. The various kinds of available treatments may affect differently their body and hence also their
body image and self image. Administering the Machover Draw-A-Person (DAP) test to 72 breast cancer survivors indicated
differences in self-perception pre-post cancer in the following drawing indices: hair, body outline and eyes. The following
indicators in the drawings distinguished significantly between subjects who had undergone different medical treatments: hair
signs for chemotherapy; mouth and breast signs in for surgical procedures. More signs of mouth and breast omission in DAP at
present compared to retrospective DAP characterized the drawing of subjects who underwent mastectomy. In contrast, fewer
signs of mouth and breast omission in DAP at present compared to the retrospective DAP characterized the drawings of the
subjects who underwent breast conserving surgery. There were head line contour differences in the two administered DAPs for
radiation treatment among subjects who had undergone mastectomy (these finding will be published). It is suggested that the
Machover Draw-A-Person test is a projective tool that could be used as an aid for structuring supportive care to alleviate the
distress of breast cancer survivors as part of a rehabilitation program.
Biography
Ziva Ariela Barel-Shoshani has five academic degrees. She has graduated in BSc in Mechanical Engineering and MSc in Agricultural Engineering at the Technion-
Israel Institute of Technology, BA in Psychology and MBA in the Open University of Israel, and MA in Art Therapy from Haifa University. Now she is in the final stages
of her PhD studies at the School of Health and Welfare Sciences at Haifa University. The theme of her Doctoral dissertation is the emotional implications in body
image drawings of survivors of brest cancer. She is working as an Art Therapist and teaches Physics for the high school students.
Ziva Ariela Barel-Shoshani et al., J Nurs Res Pract 2017, 1:1(Suppl)