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 |
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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 |