Hwang 2016.
Methods | Retrospective questionnaire | |
Participants | 7619 volunteers from Army of Women aged ≥ 18 years with reported history of BC surgery completed survey; 1598 (21%) reported CRRM and 2379 (31%) reported no CRRM but treatment mastectomy only 3470 (46%) reported BCS and were excluded 87.3% had CRRM at time of initial treatment and 10.5% had CRRM at time of recurrence or new primary diagnosis |
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Interventions | CRRM | |
Outcomes | QoL | |
Notes | ||
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Free of selection bias? | High risk | Cohort recruited through a call‐to‐action email sent to all Army of Women members from AOW, (relatively affluent, well‐educated population who join AoW) |
Free of performance bias? | High risk | CRRM only self‐reported, no medical record data |
Free of detection bias? | Low risk | Used validated questionnaires (BREAST‐Q) administered electronically |
Free of attrition bias? | Low risk | All women who volunteered to complete surveys did so |