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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Jun;143(6):1159e–1168e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005602

Table 5.

Summary of Patient-Reported Outcomes Preoperatively and Two-Year Postoperatively by Reconstruction Laterality and Procedure Type

PRO measure Group Unilateral
Bilateral
Implant Autologous p1 Implant Autologous p1
BREAST-Q Satisfaction with breast Baseline 65.8 (21.7) 59.6 (21.1) <.001 62.8 (21.0) 56.1 (18.5) <.001
Two years postop 61.2 (18.0) 68.3 (18.1) 66.1 (17.7) 68.9 (18.6)

BREAST-Q Psychosocial well-being Baseline 73.0 (17.5) 69.0 (18.3) 0.002 71.2 (17.5) 66.5 (18.1) <.001
Two years postop 74.6 (18.7) 76.8 (18.9) 74.5 (19.0) 73.4 (19.0)

BREAST-Q Physical well-being chest Baseline 80.3 (13.9) 76.6 (15.8) <.001 80.3 (14.6) 77.1 (14.7) 0.003
Two years postop 77.2 (13.8) 76.3 (15.4) 77.3 (14.6) 74.5 (15.4)

BREAST-Q Sexual well-being Baseline 58.4 (19.7) 54.0 (20.4) 0.002 59.0 (18.5) 52.9 (21.5) <.001
Two years postop 52.8 (20.5) 58.9 (20.6) 54.7 (21.5) 54.4 (23.0)

PROMIS physical well-being Baseline 53.1 (6.6) 52.5 (6.9) 0.205 53.5 (6.6) 52.4 (7.1) 0.043
Two years postop 52.6 (6.5) 51.3 (7.3) 52.8 (6.3) 49.8 (7.6)

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For the comparison of baseline PRO between implant and autologous groups.