A QUALITY OF LIFE MEASUREMENT FOR WOMEN WITH CELLULITE
Simona Kasperavičiūtė, Simona Urbonienė, Gražina Šniepienė
Klaipeda state university, health science faculty,
Physiotherapy and beauty therapy department
Cellulite is one of the most common aesthetic problems, which affects 80-90 % of mature women
(Luebberding S. et al., 2015). Cellulite stems from anatomical and anabolic disorders of the skin and
subcutaneous tissue, with visible alterations in the appearance of the body contour, caused by the
damage to the fibrotic septum (Modena D.A.O. el. al., 2019). The causes that commonly influence the
development of the cellulite are as follows: unbalanced diet, sedentary lifestyle, stress, genetic factors,
hormonal imbalance (Wanitphakdeedecha R. et al., 2015). Numerous studies have been conducted to
evaluate the effectiveness of various methods in solving this aesthetic problem (Sadick, 2019; Freire et
al., 2019). However, it has not been studied extensively how much the cellulite-induced changes in skin
appearance may affect women's quality of life.
Objective - measure the quality of life of females who have cellulite.
Methodology. A quantitative research, a questionnaire in a written form was carried out. A questionnaire
based on Hexsel and etc. (2011) was used to collect the data. 341 women with different stages of cellulite
were surveyed in the city of Klaipeda. All participants visited beauty and SPA centers for cellulite related
esthetic procedures. Program SSPS 25 was used to analyze the data. The following principles of ethics
were applied during the survey: anonymity, voluntarity, respect and confidentiality.
Results. The outcomes of the data analysis suggest that 20,2% participants’ quality of life is greatly
affected and 9,2% of women experience a very strong influence on their quality of life due to cellulite.
33,4% of respondents indicate that cellulite causes a small negative effect on their quality of life.
Furthermore, 37% of participants declare that cellulite has no effect for their quality of life. It is indicated
that when negativity in one part of life starts growing, growth of negativity in other parts of life is
experienced too.
Conclusions. The research confirms that many women feel that their quality of life is affected by cellulite.
Almost every third woman is worried about cellulite. Based on the results of the research we can
conclude that women are in need of the professional educational materials regarding healthy diet,
physical activity and stress control, as well as cosmetological programs designed to fight different levels
of cellulite.
Keywords: cellulite, quality of life, woman, influence.
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