Francesca Latino, Francesco Tafuri
Physical Activity and Cognitive Functioning
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)
media disseminates ideal beauty effect decisionmaking process cosmetic procedures among discussed topics literature study aimed investigate effects media patients decisions undergo cosmetic surgery march september 2021 82 patients participated study informed consent obtained patients questionnaire containing three different parts developed consultant plastic surgeon public relations marketing specialist according literature statistical analyses performed using spss version 220 majority patients underwent rhinoplasty 317 breast reduction 256 breast augmentation 122 patients underwent two different operations 6 correlation analysis results showed medium positive correlation wanting attractive thinking media important tool decision undergo cosmetic surgery r307 p01 want look like people media compare showing positive strong correlation r640 p01 photographs magazines affected patients aged 4049 5059 24 11378 p05 however published news internet affected younger sample 3039 2129 age groups 24 11808 p05 participants aged 3039 2129 tend compare people internet study concludes media important disseminating beauty ideals also important source decision making however studies participants objective scales needed verify results journal requires authors assign level evidence article full description evidencebased medicine ratings please refer table contents online instructions authors wwwspringercom00266