Subjective Sensation and Objective Body Physiology Responses of Breast Prosthesis in Dry and Wet States among Korean Women without a History of Breast Cancer

Hee-Sun Oh, Hee-Kyoung Oh, Hee-Kyoung Oh

2018

Abstract

In order to contribute to the development of breast prosthesis products for breast cancer patients in Korea, this experiment was conducted with 9 participants from June to July 2018, in Seoul, Korea. The breast prosthesis consisted of three kinds of material: silicone breast prosthesis 1, silicon breast prosthesis 2 and silk fabric breast prosthesis 3. Subjects were evaluated by touch in a dry state without water and a wet state with 30~35degree hot water. Evaluation was performed using Schuhfried's biofeedback 2000x-pert wireless multi-module for measuring skin conduction level, skin temperature, and blood flow. Subjective sensory evaluation including thermal sensation, humid sensation, and feeling of comfortable was implemented with the scale test. Results showed that there was no significant difference in an objective human physiological response according to the state of dry and wet. However, there was a significant difference with subject sensory perception in dry and wet. Furthermore, the breast prosthesis made with silk fabric, the humid sensation was significantly higher in the wet state whereas a thermal sensation and feeling of comfortableness were not significantly difference between dry and wet. Therefore, this study suggests that researchers develop and apply other materials like silk for breast cancer patients.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Oh H. and Oh H. (2018). Subjective Sensation and Objective Body Physiology Responses of Breast Prosthesis in Dry and Wet States among Korean Women without a History of Breast Cancer. In Proceedings of the Aceh International Nursing Conference - Volume 1: AINC, ISBN 978-989-758-413-8, pages 21-29. DOI: 10.5220/0008394100002442

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ainc18,
author={Hee-Sun Oh and Hee-Kyoung Oh},
title={Subjective Sensation and Objective Body Physiology Responses of Breast Prosthesis in Dry and Wet States among Korean Women without a History of Breast Cancer},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Aceh International Nursing Conference - Volume 1: AINC,},
year={2018},
pages={21-29},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008394100002442},
isbn={978-989-758-413-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the Aceh International Nursing Conference - Volume 1: AINC,
TI - Subjective Sensation and Objective Body Physiology Responses of Breast Prosthesis in Dry and Wet States among Korean Women without a History of Breast Cancer
SN - 978-989-758-413-8
AU - Oh H.
AU - Oh H.
PY - 2018
SP - 21
EP - 29
DO - 10.5220/0008394100002442