Prevalence of Body Dysmorphic Disorder in Physically Disabled People

Abstract

Physically disabled people are only observed by their physical functioning where studies showed that their cognitive functioning has generally been ignored. Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a psychological health condition where the people having this disorder cannot accept their flaws or impairment. The prevalence of this disorder is approximately 2% of the population worldwide. The Quality of life is suppressed who are suffering from this disorder. To maintain their quality-of-life people engage in different physical activities and exercises which help them to overcome problems and they can easily take part in activities of daily living. Objective: To identify the prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder among physically disabled persons. Methods: The duration of the study was six months (January 2023 to July 2023) with a sample size of 139 calculated from online open-Epi version 3. Non-probability sampling technique was used for this study. Data were collected from three tertiary care hospitals by using a validated questionnaire appearance anxiety inventory scoring. The data were analyzed by SPSS 23.0 software. Results: The results extracted through the use of anxiety appearance inventory score was; out of 139 participants, the body dysmorphic disorder was found to be present in 38 participants and absent in 101 participants which constituted 27.3% and 72.7% respectively. Conclusions: Body dysmorphic disorder was found in physically disabled patients but persons attending physiotherapy sessions had improved and accepted their condition.