Long-Term Quality of Life (BREAST-Q) in Patients with Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction
Background: Mastectomy is the surgical treatment of choice in 20–30% of women with breast cancer. In addition, more women are undergoing risk-reducing mastectomies. It is necessary to study these women’s quality of life and satisfaction after surgery, as studies report high percentages of dissatisfa...
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| author | García Solbas, Silvia Lorenzo Liñán, Miguel Ángel Castro De Luna, Gracia María |
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| description | Background: Mastectomy is the surgical treatment of choice in 20–30% of women with breast cancer. In addition, more women are undergoing risk-reducing mastectomies. It is necessary to study these women’s quality of life and satisfaction after surgery, as studies report high percentages of dissatisfaction with the results. The publication of the BREAST-Q© questionnaire in 2009 provided a valuable tool to measure these results. (2) Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study of 70 patients who underwent mastectomy and breast reconstruction, both therapeutic and prophylactic, in the last 10 years to whom the BREAST-Q© 2.0-Reconstruction Module questionnaire was provided for completion. (3) Results: The sexual satisfaction scale was the lowest score of the entire questionnaire (51.84 ± 21.13), while the highest score was obtained on the satisfaction with the surgeon scale (91.86 ± 18.11). The satisfaction with care scales showed the importance of the evaluation of these items for future studies. More than half of the patients of the study (51.5%) underwent at least one reoperation after the first surgery, with an average of one (1.15) intervention per patient and a maximum of five. (4) Conclusions: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction have a high negative impact on the sexual well-being of patients. The high percentage of reoperations is a factor to consider because of its possible influence on these patients’ quality of life and satisfaction. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-123642023-04-12T19:19:05Z Long-Term Quality of Life (BREAST-Q) in Patients with Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction García Solbas, Silvia Lorenzo Liñán, Miguel Ángel Castro De Luna, Gracia María breast cancer breast cancer risk-reducing surgery mastectomy breast reconstruction quality of life BREAST-Q Background: Mastectomy is the surgical treatment of choice in 20–30% of women with breast cancer. In addition, more women are undergoing risk-reducing mastectomies. It is necessary to study these women’s quality of life and satisfaction after surgery, as studies report high percentages of dissatisfaction with the results. The publication of the BREAST-Q© questionnaire in 2009 provided a valuable tool to measure these results. (2) Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study of 70 patients who underwent mastectomy and breast reconstruction, both therapeutic and prophylactic, in the last 10 years to whom the BREAST-Q© 2.0-Reconstruction Module questionnaire was provided for completion. (3) Results: The sexual satisfaction scale was the lowest score of the entire questionnaire (51.84 ± 21.13), while the highest score was obtained on the satisfaction with the surgeon scale (91.86 ± 18.11). The satisfaction with care scales showed the importance of the evaluation of these items for future studies. More than half of the patients of the study (51.5%) underwent at least one reoperation after the first surgery, with an average of one (1.15) intervention per patient and a maximum of five. (4) Conclusions: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction have a high negative impact on the sexual well-being of patients. The high percentage of reoperations is a factor to consider because of its possible influence on these patients’ quality of life and satisfaction. 2021-10-04T10:49:21Z 2021-10-04T10:49:21Z 2021-09-15 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1660-4601 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/12364 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189707 en https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/18/9707 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | breast cancer breast cancer risk-reducing surgery mastectomy breast reconstruction quality of life BREAST-Q García Solbas, Silvia Lorenzo Liñán, Miguel Ángel Castro De Luna, Gracia María Long-Term Quality of Life (BREAST-Q) in Patients with Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction |
| title | Long-Term Quality of Life (BREAST-Q) in Patients with Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction |
| title_full | Long-Term Quality of Life (BREAST-Q) in Patients with Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction |
| title_fullStr | Long-Term Quality of Life (BREAST-Q) in Patients with Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Long-Term Quality of Life (BREAST-Q) in Patients with Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction |
| title_short | Long-Term Quality of Life (BREAST-Q) in Patients with Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction |
| title_sort | long-term quality of life (breast-q) in patients with mastectomy and breast reconstruction |
| topic | breast cancer breast cancer risk-reducing surgery mastectomy breast reconstruction quality of life BREAST-Q |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/12364 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189707 |
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