An observational study in Breast Cancer and Breast Hypertrophy, sponsored by Vastra Gotaland Region. Recruiting at 1 site in Sweden. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 100 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-07-03.
Sponsored by Vastra Gotaland Region · Observational
The main purpose of the project is to validate patient reported outcomes measures (PROMs) in reconstructive breast surgery. BREAST-Q will be evaluated for Swedish and Sweden.Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), EuroQol 5D (EQ5D), and SF-36 will be validated for reconstructive breast surgery. In addition, the complication classification system according to Clavien-Dindo will be validated for reconstructive breast surgery.
Women who will have or have had reconstructive breast surgery.
Exclusion Criteria:
Women who have had/have breast cancer and will have/have had a breast reconstruction.
Procedure: Breast reconstruction
Women who have had/will have a breast reduction due to breast hypertrophy.
Procedure: Breast reduction
Breast reconstruction after breast cancer.
Breast reduction due to breast hypertrophy.
Also known as: mammoplasty reduction
Validation and reliability of BREAST-Q for Sweden
Breast-Q measures breast related quality of life on a scale 1-100. A higher score indicates a higher quality of life.
Time frame: Pre-operatively
Validation and reliability of BREAST-Q for Sweden
Breast-Q measures breast related quality of life on a scale 1-100. A higher score indicates a higher quality of life.
Time frame: 5 years postoperatively
Validation and reliability of EuroQol-5 dimensions, 3 levels for reconstructive breast surgery
EuroQol-5 dimensions-3 levels (EQ5D) is a generic instrument developed for health economic and clinical evaluation of healthcare. A total score between 0 and 1 is calculated. Zero equals death and 1 perfect health.
Time frame: Pre-operatively
Validation and reliability of EuroQol-5 dimensions, 3 levels for reconstructive breast surgery
EuroQol-5 dimensions-3 levels (EQ5D) is a generic instrument developed for health economic and clinical evaluation of healthcare. A total score between 0 and 1 is calculated. Zero equals death and 1 perfect health.
Time frame: 5 years postoperatively
Validation and reliability of Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS) for Reconstructive breast surgery
The HADS is a self-report rating scale of 14 items on a 4-point Likert scale (range 0-3). It is designed to measure anxiety and depression (7 items for each subscale). The total score is the sum of the 14 items, and for each subscale the score is the sum of the respective seven items (ranging from 0-21).
Time frame: Pre-operatively
Validation and reliability of Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS) for Reconstructive breast surgery
The HADS is a self-report rating scale of 14 items on a 4-point Likert scale (range 0-3). It is designed to measure anxiety and depression (7 items for each subscale). The total score is the sum of the 14 items, and for each subscale the score is the sum of the respective seven items (ranging from 0-21).
Time frame: 5 years postoperatively
Validation and reliability of RAND-36 for reconstructive breast surgery
It comprises eight subdomains: physical functioning (10 items), role limitations caused by physical health problems (4 items), role limitations caused by emotional problems (3 items), social functioning (2 items), emotional well-being (5 items), energy/fatigue (4 items), pain (2 items), and general health perceptions (5 items) where patients score their health during the last four weeks on Likert scales. Every item score is transformed linearly to the per cent of total possible score (0-100) and then averaged by the values of the scale. A subscore is calculated for each domain and in addition two summary scores, physical and mental health, are calculated.
Time frame: Pre-operatively
Validation and reliability of RAND-36 for reconstructive breast surgery
It comprises eight subdomains: physical functioning (10 items), role limitations caused by physical health problems (4 items), role limitations caused by emotional problems (3 items), social functioning (2 items), emotional well-being (5 items), energy/fatigue (4 items), pain (2 items), and general health perceptions (5 items) where patients score their health during the last four weeks on Likert scales. Every item score is transformed linearly to the per cent of total possible score (0-100) and then averaged by the values of the scale. A subscore is calculated for each domain and in addition two summary scores, physical and mental health, are calculated.
Time frame: 5 years postoperatively
Validation of Clavion-Dindo classification for reconstructive breast surgery
The Clavien-Dindo system is based on ranking the severity of the intervention required to treat a given complication, as follows: grade I includes deviations from the postoperative course without the need for pharmacological treatment or surgical/endoscopic/radiological intervention; grade II complications require pharmacological treatment, blood transfusion, or total parental nutrition; grade III complications require surgical/endoscopic/radiological intervention; grade IV includes life-threatening complications, including those involving the central nervous system, that require intensive care treatment; and grade V includes complications that result in death.
Time frame: 5 years postoperatively
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