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Published in final edited form as: J Surg Oncol. 2016 Jul 8;114(4):416–422. doi: 10.1002/jso.24364

Table V. Comparison of Breast Reconstruction Studies Utilizing the BREAST-Q.

Reference	Patient Base	Number of patients	Breast-Q Done Preoperatively (y/n)	Breast-Q Postop Time point(s)	Scales	Preoperative Score	Postop Score
Howard 2016	Nipple Sparing Mastectomy	48	y	2 years	Satisfaction with breasts	63	73
					Psychosocial well-being	70	86
					Physical well-being	85	77
					Sexual well-being	57	57
					Satisfaction with outcome	n/a	75
Peled 2014	Total Skin Sparing Mastectomy and Immediate Tissue Expander-Implant Reconstruction	28	y	3, 6, 12 months	Satisfaction with breasts	69.8	67.8
					Psychosocial well-being	75.7	74.9
					Physical well-being	84.3	72.5
					Sexual well-being	58.3	57.7
					Satisfaction with outcome	n/a	68.1
Jeeven 2014	Breast recon +/- immediate recon or delayed reconstruction	7,110	n	3-mo, 18 mo	Satisfaction with breasts		55
					Psychosocial well-being		65
					Physical well-being		75
					Sexual well-being		46
McCarthy 2010	Silicone implant subset	176 gel patients	n	2.4 years^*	Satisfaction with breasts		58.9
Salgarello 2012	Subset of immediate recon patients	12	n	“during reconstruction”	Satisfaction with breasts		62.8
					Psychosocial well-being		63.3
					Physical well-being		35.1
					Sexual well-being		64
					Satisfaction with outcome		65.8
							No CPM	CPM
Koslow 2013	Subset of immediate implant-based recon in Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy (CPM)vs no CPM study^γ	294	n	4.3 years post-mastectomy	Satisfaction with breasts		54.9	64.4
					Psychosocial well-being		72.3	75.4
					Physical well-being		75	77.4
					Sexual well-being		52.3	55.1
					Satisfaction with outcome		67.7	74.8
Sugrue 2013	Immediate breast reconstruction following mastectomy	33	y, done retrospectively	Not defined	Satisfaction with breasts	66	64
					Psychosocial well-being	67	69
					Physical well-being	81	81
					Sexual well-being	52	54
					Satisfaction with outcome	n/a	Not reported
							SSM	NSM
Metcalfe 2015	Bilateral Prophylactic Mastectomy (skin-sparing (SSM) versus nipple-sparing (NSM)) ^δ	137	n	50 months^*	Satisfaction with breasts		62	71
					Psychosocial well-being		76	82
					Sexual well-being		49	72
					Satisfaction with outcome		75	100

mean

^γ

Breast-Q reported as CPM versus No CPM

^δ

Breast-Q reported as SSM versus NPM