Researchers at Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gerais Release New Study Findings on Health and Medicine (Impact of upper blepharoplasty on quality of life and its insertion in the context of Brazilian public health: scoping review): Health and Medicine

2024 MAY 15 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Investigators publish new report on agriculture. According to news originating from Pocos de Caldas, Brazil, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “The aim was to conduct a comprehensive scoping review of available researches on the impact of blepharoplasty on quality of life and its scope within the Unified Health System.”

Our news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gerais: “A literature search was performed in the Virtual Health Library, Capes Journals, SciELO, LILACS, Medline, and Cochrane Library databases for studies published within the past five years. Out of the 323 studies initially selected, nineteen studies were included in the final sample. Seven studies (36.8%) examined the impact of blepharoplasty on quality of life, while others assessed functional criteria (31.5%) or subjective factors related to quality of life (26.3%). The majority of the studies demonstrated positive effects of blepharoplasty on quality of life, self-esteem, personal satisfaction, well-being, and visual improvement. However, limited data were found regarding the coverage of blepharoplasty in the public healthcare system, with no specific studies on this topic.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Blepharoplasty has been shown to positively impact quality of life, highlighting the need to ensure the access to this procedure within the public healthcare when appropriate. The lack of data on blepharoplasty within the Unified Health System indicates a research gap and emphasizes the importance of further studies to explore its impact on quality of life, as well as its coverage and expansion.”

For more information on this research see: Impact of upper blepharoplasty on quality of life and its insertion in the context of Brazilian public health: scoping review. Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plastica, 2024,39(1). The publisher for Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plastica is Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Plastica.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.5935/2177-1235.2024RBCP0859-EN.

Our news editors report that more information may be obtained by contacting Lucas Freire Guerra Boldrin, Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gerais, Pocos de Caldas, MG, Brazil. Additional authors for this research include Juliana Diogo Silva, Marilene Mendes dos Santos.

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