Table 4.
Cross-sectional analysis of BREAST-Q scores at annual intervals, by laterality.
| 1 year (n=186) |
2 years (n=147) |
3 years (n=97) |
> 3 years (n=111) |
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| BREAST-Q Dimensions | Unilateral ± SD (n=106) | Bilateral ± SD (n=80) | p | Unilateral ± SD (n=81) | Bilateral ± SD (n=66) | p | Unilateral ± SD (n=54) | Bilateral ± SD (n=43) | p | Unilateral ± SD (n=68) | Bilateral ± SD (n=43) | p |
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| Satisfaction with breasts | 66.9 ± 21.1 | 70.7 ± 18.2 | 0.22 | 68.8 ± 21.3 | 70.1 ± 20.7 | 0.52 | 72.1 ± 16.3 | 74.6 ± 17.8 | 0.64 | 69.2 ± 22.0 | 77.1 ± 18.9 | 0.04* |
| Physical well-being of the abdomen | 80.1 ± 20.1 | 72.7 ± 19.6 | < 0.01 | 85.0 ± 17.8 | 77.7 ± 20.6 | 0.03* | 84.7 ± 18.1 | 78.2 ± 21.1 | 0.10 | 86.6 ± 19.2 | 77.9 ± 20.1 | 0.01* |
| Physical well-being of the chest and upper body | 75.7 ± 17.5 | 72.8 ± 17.1 | 0.28 | 74.8 ± 15.2 | 75.9 ± 18.1 | 0.22 | 76.0 ± 16.9 | 79.7 ± 11.8 | 0.36 | 76.2 ± 15.5 | 81.6 ± 14.5 | 0.06 |
| Satisfaction with outcome | 75.4 ± 21.1 | 77.2 ± 22.0 | 0.50 | 74.2 ± 22.9 | 77.1 ± 22.3 | 0.50 | 79.1 ± 18.4 | 75.2 ± 18.0 | 0.24 | 74.9 ± 22.0 | 80.0 ± 17.2 | 0.32 |
*
Statistically significant (p < 0.05).