Table 6 Analysis of questionnaire data
N | % | |
|---|---|---|
Questionnaires sent out | 132 | 100 |
Questionnaires returned | 81 | 61.4 |
Non-respondents ( i.e. refused to participate, deceased or subsequently reconstructed) | 20 | 24.7 |
Respondents | 61 | 75.3 |
Reason for nonreconstruction | ||
Personal choice | 33 | 54.1 |
Not offered by surgeons and personal choice | 12 | 19.7 |
Not offered by surgeons | 11 | 18 |
Medical reasons and personal choice | 4 | 6.6 |
Medical reasons | 1 | 1.6 |
Personal choice | ||
Refusal of further surgery | 36 | 59 |
Acceptance of body asymmetry | 23 | 37.7 |
Risk of complications | 18 | 29.5 |
Advanced age | 14 | 23 |
Fear of masking recurrence | 11 | 18 |
Acceptance of body asymmetry by partner | 11 | 18 |
Financial cost | 9 | 14.8 |
Post-mastectomy pain | 4 | 6.6 |
Source of information on reconstruction | ||
Surgeon at IC a | 21 | 34.4 |
Plastic surgeon at IC | 8 | 13.1 |
Physician outside IC | 7 | 11.5 |
Physician or nurse at IC | 7 | 11.5 |
Relative with history of reconstruction | 6 | 8.8 |
Internet, review, magazine | 5 | 8.2 |
Patients association | 3 | 4.9 |
IC website or review | 3 | 4.9 |
Plastic surgeon outside IC | 2 | 3.3 |
Satisfaction with information on reconstruction | ||
Entirely unsatisfactory | 25 | 41 |
Inadequate | 13 | 21.3 |
Adequate | 17 | 27.9 |
Entirely satisfactory | 6 | 9.8 |