2017 Volume 68 Issue 2 Pages 60-69
In order to provide information on wigs to patients, we conducted a questionnaire survey on wigs to females who lost their hair as a side effect of cancer treatment. We focused on product properties, degree of satisfaction, and use evaluation of the wigs. The results obtained were as follows:
(1) Purchase behavior was considered based on the analysis of the possession ratio of wigs by their product properties: for medical care or for general use, ready-made or made-to-order, human, mixed, or artificial hair, and purchase price.
(2) Thirteen point five percent of respondents indicated that they were dissatisfied with their wigs. Many respondents stated positively that wearing wigs enhanced their social and psychological well-being in the additional comments portion of the survey.
(3) It became clear that there was dissatisfaction in summer from a feeling of stuffiness. No other negative answers in use evaluation were mentioned. However, negative opinions such as unnatural appearance, size inconvenience, and difficulty in shampooing and caring for them were stated in in the additional comments portion of the survey.
(4) No specific differences were seen in use evaluation by the wig specifications, but higher-priced wigs tended to be more highly evaluated than lower-priced wigs.
