Measuring Patient Satisfaction and Quality of Life Following Body Image Altering Surgery: Development and Validation of a Patient-Reported Outcomes Instrument

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center5 sites in 2 countries722 target enrollmentJune 2005

ConditionsBreast Cancer Breast Surgery Breast Reconstruction Breast Reduction Breast Augmentation

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Breast Cancer
Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Enrollment: 722
Locations: 5
Primary Endpoint: To develop and validate a new patient derived measure of satisfaction with breast surgery.
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 12 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to develop a questionnaire to measure patient satisfaction with their breast surgery. This questionnaire will help surgeons better understand how patients feel about their surgical results. We hope that such a questionnaire will improve the understanding of breast surgery results and patient care.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

June 2005

End Date

November 2013

Last Updated

12 years ago

Study Type

Observational

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•All stages (1-4)
•Age \> or = to 18 to 85 years.
•Postoperative Group: Male and Female patients who have undergone mastectomy, breast reconstruction, reduction, augmentation, bariatric or body contouring surgery between 1 month to 8 years ago
•Preoperative Group: Male and Female patients who are scheduled to undergo mastectomy, breast reconstruction, reduction, or augmentation or body contouring surgery

Exclusion Criteria

•Inability to speak or understand English
•Active psychiatric illness, cognitive or sensory impairment
•Physical impairment that may prevent filling out a paper and pencil survey or responding to interview questions