Prospective Study of Pain Outcomes Associated With Breast Surgery in Women With Nonhereditary Breast Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess pain severity and interference with life in women after different types of breast cancer surgery and the demographic, treatment-related, and psychosocial variables associated with these pain outcomes.

Summary of background data

Data are conflicting regarding pain outcomes and quality of life (QOL) among women who undergo different types of breast surgery.

Methods

Women with nonhereditary breast cancer completed the brief pain inventory before surgery and at 1, 6, 12, and 18 months postsurgery. We assessed associations between pain outcomes and CPM status and mastectomy status using multivariable repeated measures models. We assessed associations between pain outcome and QOL and decision satisfaction.

Results

Of 288 women (mean age 56 years,

SUBMITTER: Smith-Graziani DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10657557 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature