OBJECTIVE: To assess the level of awareness and acceptance among women for breast reconstruction surgery after mastectomy. METHODS: The observational cross-sectional study was conducted at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from November 2014 to April 2015, and comprised women aged 19-65 years with breast masses and women with high risk for breast cancer who were offered therapeutic mastectomy. The subjects were interviewed using a structured and validated questionnaire. Data was analyzed using SPSS 21. RESULTS: Of the 224 individuals approached, 209(93.3%) participated. Of them, 106(50.7%) considered having reconstruction and 97(46.4%) had read or heard about it. The most influencing factor for reconstruction was improving their psychological status 84(40.2%) and the most common reason for refusal was old age 26(12.4%). Patients who were 40 years or younger were more willing to undergo reconstruction (p=0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Patients with knowledge about breast reconstruction were more willing to accept the procedure. Increasing the awareness will increase acceptance of breast reconstruction..
OBJECTIVE: To assess the level of awareness and acceptance among women for breast reconstruction surgery after mastectomy. METHODS: The observational cross-sectional study was conducted at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from November 2014 to April 2015, and comprised women aged 19-65 years with breast masses and women with high risk for breast cancer who were offered therapeutic mastectomy. The subjects were interviewed using a structured and validated questionnaire. Data was analyzed using SPSS 21. RESULTS: Of the 224 individuals approached, 209(93.3%) participated. Of them, 106(50.7%) considered having reconstruction and 97(46.4%) had read or heard about it. The most influencing factor for reconstruction was improving their psychological status 84(40.2%) and the most common reason for refusal was old age 26(12.4%). Patients who were 40 years or younger were more willing to undergo reconstruction (p=0.001). CONCLUSIONS:Patients with knowledge about breast reconstruction were more willing to accept the procedure. Increasing the awareness will increase acceptance of breast reconstruction..
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Breast cancer, Mastectomy, Breast reconstruction. zzm321990
Authors: Stana Pačarić; Želimir Orkić; Marko Babić; Nikolina Farčić; Andrea Milostić-Srb; Robert Lovrić; Ivana Barać; Štefica Mikšić; Jasenka Vujanić; Tajana Turk; Zvjezdana Gvozdanović; Dragica Pavlović; Nika Srb; Ivana Pačarić Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2022-07-13 Impact factor: 4.614