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Published in final edited form as: J Reconstr Microsurg. 2024 Feb 27;41(1):9–18. doi: 10.1055/a-2277-0236

Table 3.

BREAST-Q Scores

All Patients N Commercial (n=1,011)1 N Medicaid (n=89)1 N Medicare (n=185)1 p-value2
Physical Well-being of the Chest
  Preoperative 512 76 (60, 91) 28 73 (60, 91) 89 71 (55, 85) 0.059
  2-weeks 578 60 (50, 71) 46 60 (41, 72) 94 64 (45, 76) 0.5
  3-months 487 68 (59, 80) 27 68 (58, 83) 81 64 (50, 77) 0.3
  6-months 575 72 (60, 85) 48 68 (55, 80) 110 69 (56, 81) 0.016
  1-year 644 76 (64, 92) 44 70 (57, 85) 122 68 (56, 80) 0.005
  2-year 413 76 (64, 92) 27 64 (55, 83) 80 76 (55, 85) 0.031
Physical Well-being of the Abdomen
  Preoperative 482 83 (69, 100) 26 100 (71, 100) 83 76 (63, 100) 0.8
  2-weeks 572 49 (39, 58) 44 47 (39, 58) 92 52 (43, 60) 0.2
  3-months 482 61 (52, 72) 26 61 (47, 71) 78 66 (51, 76) 0.7
  6-months 567 66 (56, 81) 46 64 (51, 75) 104 66 (54, 81) 0.4
  1-year 629 69 (58, 81) 42 66 (56, 80) 120 66 (56, 88) 0.8
  2-year 409 69 (58, 88) 26 76 (58, 88) 77 69 (58, 81) 0.7
Satisfaction with Breasts
  Preoperative 501 48 (33, 58) 26 41 (30, 52) 88 44 (34, 58) 0.7
  3-months 464 59 (52, 69) 25 61 (55, 67) 76 58 (46, 71) 0.8
  6-months 568 62 (53, 75) 48 59 (52, 71) 102 58 (48, 71) 0.08
  1-year 634 64 (53, 78) 45 58 (49, 75) 119 61 (48, 75) 0.09
  2-year 412 65 (53, 78) 26 64 (53, 75) 79 65 (52, 75) 0.5
Psychosocial Well-being
  Preoperative 500 60 (47, 74) 27 62 (43, 75) 88 60 (48, 75) 0.9
  3-months 466 65 (52, 83) 25 69 (52, 79) 78 64 (51, 82) >0.9
  6-months 564 66 (53, 83) 47 64 (50, 85) 106 61 (52, 79) 0.2
  1-year 635 69 (56, 87) 43 60 (52, 70) 119 65 (53, 83) 0.1
  2-year 410 69 (56, 87) 27 64 (52, 94) 80 68 (58, 86) 0.7
Sexual Well-being
  Preoperative 478 43 (29, 59) 24 41 (24, 55) 80 43 (24, 62) 0.8
  3-months 445 48 (34, 59) 22 53 (30, 64) 68 46 (29, 59) 0.9
  6-months 544 48 (36, 63) 42 48 (25, 59) 96 43 (31, 59) 0.2
  1-year 612 52 (39, 66) 40 42 (24, 57) 106 48 (32, 63) 0.049
  2-year 400 53 (39, 66) 24 43 (32, 61) 68 48 (36, 66) 0.8