Measuring Patient Satisfaction and Quality of Life Following Body Image Altering Surgery

Measuring Patient Satisfaction and Quality of Life Following Body Image Altering Surgery: Development and Validation of a Patient-Reported Outcomes Instrument

The goal of this study is to develop a questionnaire to measure patient satisfaction with their breast surgery. This questionnaire will help surgeons better understand how patients feel about their surgical results. We hope that such a questionnaire will improve the understanding of breast surgery results and patient care.

Inclusion Criteria:

• All stages (1-4)
• Age > or = to 18 to 85 years.
• Postoperative Group: Male and Female patients who have undergone mastectomy, breast reconstruction, reduction, augmentation, bariatric or body contouring surgery between 1 month to 8 years ago

Or

• Preoperative Group: Male and Female patients who are scheduled to undergo mastectomy, breast reconstruction, reduction, or augmentation or body contouring surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to speak or understand English
• Active psychiatric illness, cognitive or sensory impairment
• Physical impairment that may prevent filling out a paper and pencil survey or responding to interview questions