Measuring Patient Satisfaction and Quality of Life Following Body Image Altering Surgery
Completed
Conditions studied: Breast Cancer, Breast Surgery, Breast Reconstruction, Breast Reduction, Breast Augmentation
In brief
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.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00605670
- Run by
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- People needed
- 722
- Starts
- 2005-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-11-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2013-11-14
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 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
- Or
- Preoperative Group: Male and Female patients who are scheduled to undergo mastectomy, breast reconstruction, reduction, or augmentation or body contouring surgery
You may not qualify if…
- 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
Where it is running
- John Hopkins Medical Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Dartmouth Medical Center — Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- University of British Columbia — Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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