Hopwood Body Image Scale
The Hopwood Body Image Scale is a 10-item measure of body image distress after disease or treatment over the past week. This page is catalogue information. It is not a diagnosis.
Overview
What is the Body Image Scale?
The Body Image Scale asks about self-consciousness, attractiveness, and related concerns after disease or treatment. Higher totals indicate greater body-image distress for clinician review. The published scale has no cut-off, so the total is reported without a band.
Development and clinical use
Hopwood and colleagues published the 10-item Body Image Scale for people with cancer in 2001, developed with the EORTC Quality of Life Group. Each item is rated for the past week.
- Catalogue status
- Catalogue information
- Mode
- Patient self-report
- Typical use
- Review body-image distress after treatment
- Cut-off
- None published; total reported without a band
- Source
- Hopwood et al. 2001
- Clinical role
- Screening support
Administration
A focused client experience
Body Image Scale is completed as a focused self-report and stored for clinician review. This public page does not collect answers or return a score.
- One question at a time with visible progress
- Large keyboard-operable response choices
- Previous, next, and answer-review steps
- Clear confirmation that results go to the clinic
The illustration shows layout only. It does not reproduce Body Image Scale item wording.
Report showcase
Designed to make evidence easy to review
The downloadable synthetic example illustrates report layout using invented response patterns, without patient data or instrument questions.
- Named instrument, version, and provenance
- Item-level response pattern without source wording
- Methodology, references, and clinical boundary
- Responsible clinician review rather than automated conclusions
Clinician review required
Methodology
Understand the measure and its scoring conventions
Published scoring conventions may exist in official materials. This public page does not independently verify scoring, cutoffs, or a production scoring rule. Use the official form and scoring instructions for the version you intend to use.
References
- Hopwood Body Image Scale paperHopwood P, Fletcher I, Lee A, Al Ghazal S. A body image scale for use with cancer patients. Eur J Cancer. 2001;37(2):189-197.
Questions
What clinics ask before they evaluate the Body Image Scale
These answers stay inside educational catalogue scope. They do not replace official manuals or clinician judgement.
Does a Body Image Scale total diagnose body dysmorphia?
No. It records appearance-related distress for clinician review.
Can I complete it here?
No. This page does not collect answers or return a score.
Is this only for breast cancer services?
No. The scale was developed in cancer care and can be reviewed for other disease or treatment contexts the clinician judges relevant.
Does a high score recommend surgery or counselling?
No. Lirena does not recommend treatment. The responsible clinician reviews the result.
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