RT Journal Article
T1 Long-Term Quality of Life (BREAST-Q) in Patients with Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction.
A1 García-Solbas, Silvia
A1 Lorenzo-Liñán, Miguel Ángel
A1 Castro-Luna, Gracia
K1 BREAST-Q
K1 breast cancer
K1 breast cancer risk-reducing surgery
K1 breast reconstruction
K1 mastectomy
K1 quality of life
AB (1) 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.
YR 2021
FD 2021-09-15
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10668/24930
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10668/24930
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 5, 2025