Table 3.
Comparing self-reported psychosocial aspects of CPM between patients with and without reconstruction.
| First survey | Second survey | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reconstruction N = 403 | No Reconstruction N = 180 | p-value* | Reconstruction N = 210 | No Reconstruction N = 59 | p-value* | |
| Self esteem | ||||||
| Decreased | 67 (17.0) | 32 (18.5) | 0.0002 | 19 (9.4) | 7 (12.5) | 0.11 |
| No Change | 201 (51.1) | 120 (69.4) | 132 (65.0) | 40 (71.4) | ||
| Increased | 125 (31.8) | 21 (12.1) | 52 (25.6) | 9 (16.1) | ||
| Unanswered | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Satisfaction with Body Appearance | ||||||
| Decreased | 123 (31.5) | 64 (37.9) | 0.0005 | 60 (29.4) | 19 (33.9) | 0.01 |
| No Change | 141 (36.1) | 82 (48.5) | 89 (43.6) | 34 (60.7) | ||
| Increased | 127 (32.5) | 23 (13.6) | 55 (27.0) | 3 (5.4) | ||
| Unanswered | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Femininity | ||||||
| Decreased | 100 (25.6) | 44 (26.0) | 0.002 | 51 (24.9) | 11 (20.0) | 0.68 |
| No Change | 201 (51.5) | 118 (69.8) | 121 (59.0) | 40 (72.7) | ||
| Increased | 89 (22.8) | 7 (4.1) | 33 (16.1) | 4 (7.3) | ||
| Unanswered | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Sexual Relationships | ||||||
| Decreased | 93 (24.3) | 35 (21.3) | 0.47 | 47 (23.5) | 10 (18.2) | 0.73 |
| No Change | 256 (67.0) | 126 (76.8) | 138 (69.0) | 42 (76.4) | ||
| Increased | 33 (8.6) | 3 (1.8) | 15 (7.5) | 3 (5.5) | ||
| Unanswered | 21 | 16 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Emotional Stability | ||||||
| Decreased | 47 (12.1) | 18 (10.7) | 0.10 | 15 (7.3) | 4 (7.0) | 0.98 |
| No Change | 241 (62.0) | 122 (72.6) | 142 (68.9) | 39 (68.4) | ||
| Increased | 101 (26.0) | 28 (16.7) | 49 (23.8) | 14 (24.6) | ||
| Unanswered | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | ||
*
P-value calculated using a Wilcoxon rank-sum test for the original 5-level response variable. Categories have been collapsed to three levels in reporting descriptive statistics for conciseness.