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. 2018 Apr 5;2018(4):CD002748. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002748.pub4

Frost 2000.

Methods Case series
Participants Family history/risk ‐ all had a family history of BC
35% high risk ‐ had a pedigree consistent with a single‐gene autosomal dominant predisposition to BC
 65% moderate risk
Interventions BRRM = 609
Outcomes QoL
Notes Duplicate subjects of Hartmann 1999
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Free of selection bias? Low risk All 609 living women who had BRRM at the Mayo Clinic from 1960‐1993 were invited to participate
Free of performance bias? Low risk Chart review identified women who had BRRM at the institution, who were then invited to participate
Free of detection bias? High risk There is possible recall bias from collecting all psychological data postoperatively.
Free of attrition bias? Low risk 572 of the 609 (94%) women sent the questionnaire responded