Table 5.
BREAST-Q Results across Time Points by Surgery
| Subdomain | Group | Baseline | 1 Month | 6 Months | 12 Month | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n |  |
n |  |
n |  |
n |  |
||
| Satisfaction with breasts | AAT | 22 | 52.3 (17.4) | 21 | 57.0 (18.3) | 20 | 54.2 (18.3) | 19 | 58.0 (23.6) |
| TE/I | 22 | 53.2 (281) | 21 | 42.9 (15.3) | 17 | 52.9 (19.1) | 16 | 72.7 (17.8)* | |
| Psychosocial well-being | AAT | 22 | 59.8 (20.4) | 21 | 60.6 (19.6) | 20 | 65.1 (20.4) | 19 | 68.5 (22.1)* |
| TE/I | 22 | 62.7 (21.8) | 21 | 52.7 (14.1) | 17 | 70.4 (21.7) | 16 | 78.9 (22.6) | |
| Physical well-being (chest) | AAT | 22 | 74.3 (20.3) | 21 | 61.7 (14.9) | 20 | 70.2 (15.5) | 19 | 73.0 (14.5) |
| TE/I | 22 | 73.2 (15.6) | 21 | 59.8 (13.8) | 17 | 73.3 (16.5) | 16 | 73.1 (15.1) | |
| Physical well-being (abdomen) | AAT | 22 | 79.8 (24.7) | 21 | 48.8 (16.6) | 20 | 61.8 (16.9) | 19 | 66.1 (24.3)† |
| TE/I | NA | ||||||||
| Sexual well-being | AAT | 22 | 44.6 (22.2) | 21 | 44.3 (28.3) | 20 | 47.7 (24.6) | 19 | 52.4 (26.6) |
| TE/I | 21 | 62.7 (192) | 20 | 35.3 (22.8) | 17 | 59.1 (29.6) | 16 | 54.4 (30.4) | |
| Satisfaction with outcome | AAT | — | — | 21 | 66.3 (22.3) | 19 | 58.3 (20.8) | 19 | 64.5 (25.0) |
| TE/I | — | — | 20 | 67.7 (18.4) | 17 | 79.2 (20.3) | 16 | 82.6 (21.7) | |
| Satisfaction with surgeon | AAT | — | — | 21 | 93.1 (12.9) | 20 | 89.8 (18.6) | 19 | 89.6 (15.2) |
| TE/I | — | — | 20 | 89.8 (17.6) | 17 | 95.9 (8.2) | 16 | 95.2 (10.4) | |
*Significant within-group difference from baseline (P < 0.05).
†Significant within-group difference from baseline (P < 0.01).
n, number of patients who completed section of questionnaire; 
, mean.