Download (Women Against Lung Cancer in Europe) and make

WALCE (Women Against Lung Cancer in Europe) and make-up program
for women diagnosed with cancer
E. Capelletto1, M.V. Pacchiana1, F. Pacetti1 , S. Demichelis1, M. Longo1 S.G. Rapetti1, T. Vavalà1, B. Crida1 , R. Ronchetta2, S. Novello1
1University
of Turin, AOU San Luigi/Italy, 2WALCE/Italy
BACKGROUND
RESULTS
The communication of diagnosis and therapeutic aspects of cancer The Look Good ... Feel Better® is currently active in 22 countries worldwide
can lead to a series of extremely stressful and frightening events,
that cause both patients and their relatives to suffer emotionally.
Psychological distress in cancer patients has been estimated at a
range between 20% and 50%. Depression and anxiety are related to
poor quality of life in all its shapes and forms, including the
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physical-side. There is also a considerable amount of data showing a
correlation between the outcome of cancer treatment and suffering
Satisfied
for women diagnosed with cancer and who are undergoing
chemotherapy, radiotherapy or other cancer treatments.
37%
Enthusiastic
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South Africa
receive a gift-filled beauty bag containing brand-neutral products.
The aim is to help women regain self-confidence and esteem,
improve quality of life by using beauty techniques to enhance
looks and improve appearances which may have suffered due
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Argentina
Have you learnt useful advice?
METHODS
The programme is carried out in local hospitals and offers free
make-up workshops, which are strictly non-medical. The ladies
NO
14%
YES
I don’t know
86%
YES
Adjectives used to describe their feelings at the end of the work-shop were:
beautiful, happy, more positive, prettier and attractive.
6% had a diagnosis of lung cancer and
the majority were aged between 50-60 yrs old
CONCLUSIONS
Cancer patients tend to cope better with the illness and daily-life when selfconfidence and esteem is regained. The sense of well-being shared in a relaxed
atmosphere and acknowledging social, emotional and psychological needs,
whilst being amongst other ladies who have the same fears or anxieties, has
proven to be an incentive to fight-against cancer.
In next workshops a more detailed evaluation on patients’ interpersonal
relationships, on their psychological aspects and the impact on disease
outcomes will be planned.
2009: WALCE began its collaboration with La forza e il sorriso – L.G.F.B. Italia
offering the service to many local cancer centers and institutes in Piedmont-Italy
REFERENCES
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St Giovanni Battista Hospital – Turin
St Giovanni Hospital Antica Sede – Turin
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Age of the participants:
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Candiolo –Turin
YES
During the session have you
forgotten your disease?
98%
From March 2009 to December 2010 WALCE have organised
• 34 make-up workshops of “La forza e il sorriso – L.G.F.B. Italia” at the St
Luigi Hospital (Orbassano, Turin-Italy)
• 248 ladies attended the free make-up workshops
• guided by 7 voluntary beauticians
• with support of a psycho-oncologist.
2006: “Look good..Feel better” in Italy as “La forza e il sorriso – L.G.F.B. Italia
Turin
78%
2%
to the related side effects of the cancer therapy.
Orbassano (Turin)
22%
Singapore
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free make-up workshop programme
NO0%
63%
Equado
The Look Good ... Feel Better® is an worldwide
Meeting other ladies in similar
situation was it positive?
NO
Do you like the result?
Colombia
from diminished self-esteem.
Everyone filled-in an anonymous beauty-workshop evaluation questionnaire.
• 63% were enthusiastic, while 37% were greatly satisfied with the results
• 98% declared to have learnt useful advice whereas 2% were a little doubtful
• 86% of the ladies did not think about their illness during the event
• It was expressed, by an overall 78%, as a positive experience to meet other
ladies having similar disease
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