Frost 2005.
Methods | Retrospective case series | |
Participants | Family history/risk ‐ had a personal and a family history of BC | |
Interventions | CRRM ‐ 583 women who had CRRM between 1960 to1993 at a single institution | |
Outcomes | QoL Physical morbidity | |
Notes | Follow‐up report Frost 2011 Same participants as McDonnell 2001, which reports on BC incidence Same participants as Boughey 2010, which reports on survival and incidence |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Free of selection bias? | Low risk | Women identified through Mayo Clinic Surgical Index who had CRRM |
Free of performance bias? | Low risk | Used medical records |
Free of detection bias? | High risk | There were no pre‐CRRM assessments of psychosocial factors for comparison and there is possible recall bias from collecting all psychosocial data postoperatively. |
Free of attrition bias? | Low risk | Sent questionnaire to those known to be alive at time of study; 94% of women answered |