The Prevalence of Self-Reported Health Complaints and Health-Related Quality of Life in Women With Breast Implants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Some of the millions of women with silicone breast implants (SBIs) report a pattern of systemic complaints, known as ASIA syndrome. However, the association between these complaints and breast implants remains uncertain.

Objectives

This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of complaints in women with breast implants and healthy controls, and to compare their health-related quality of life.

Methods

Four groups of subjects were requested to fill in a general and a diagnostic questionnaire, and the Short Form 36. Group 1 was recruited from the Dutch foundation for breast implant illness (BII). Two groups were recruited from Dutch hospitals, where they had been augmented or reconstructed with SBIs (group 2) or saline-filled and hydrogel implants (group 3). A

SUBMITTER: Misere RML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8129459 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature