health related quality of life breast reconstruction mamma reconstruction
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Women in need of a mastectomy or who had a mastectomy in the past and eligible for a breast reconstruction
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with a poor prognosis (metastases)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| By using quality of life questionnaires we can score the satisfaction, quality of life and body image of patients who underwent a mastectomy with breast reconstruction. The most important questionnaire is the Breast Q. This can be combined with the objective data that are collected by the surgeon concerning many physical and medical variables. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Health related Quality of life as measured by the Rand 36 2. The fear for recurrence of cancer on the QoL of the breast cancer patients as measured by the CARS (Concerns about recurrence Scale) 3. Anxiety and Depression as measured by the HADS (Hospital anxiety and depression scale) 4. Cosmetic outcome as measured by the Strasser Score and the POSAS (Patient and Observer Assessment Score) | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed