. 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
PRO measure	Group	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
BREAST-Q Satisfaction with breast	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
BREAST-Q Psychosocial well-being	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
BREAST-Q Physical well-being chest	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
BREAST-Q Sexual well-being	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
PROMIS physical well-being	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.