BREAST-Q Breast-Conserving Therapy Module: Normative Data from a Dutch Sample of 9059 Women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

BREAST-Q, a patient-reported outcome measure for cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery, is widely used in both clinical research and practice. The aim of this study was to acquire normative data of BREAST-Q's Breast-Conserving Therapy Module from a Dutch population sample and to compare it with existing normative BREAST-Q values.

Methods

Flyers with QR codes, WhatsApp, and one academic center's Facebook and LinkedIn platforms were used to direct participants to self-complete an online version of four domains of the preoperative BREAST-Q Breast-Conserving Therapy Module. BREAST-Q domain scores were log transformed to normalize the distribution. Univariable regression analyses were used to assess (nonlinear) associations between age and BREAST-Q domain scores.<

SUBMITTER: Oemrawsingh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9586822 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature