| Autor: |
Tuqa Morad, Alkaff, Rawan Murshed, AlTaleb, Abdullah Esam, Kattan, Hadeel Khalid, Alsaif, Rozan Esam, Murshid, Tahani Jathab, AlShaibani |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 69(1) |
| ISSN: |
0030-9982 |
| Popis: |
To assess the level of awareness and acceptance among women for breast reconstruction surgery after mastectomy.The observational cross-sectional study was conducted at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from November 2014 to April 2015, and comprised women aged 19-65 years with breast masses and women with high risk for breast cancer who were offered therapeutic mastectomy. The subjects were interviewed using a structured and validated questionnaire. Data was analyzed using SPSS 21.Of the 224 individuals approached, 209(93.3%) participated. Of them, 106(50.7%) considered having reconstruction and 97(46.4%) had read or heard about it. The most influencing factor for reconstruction was improving their psychological status 84(40.2%) and the most common reason for refusal was old age 26(12.4%). Patients who were 40 years or younger were more willing to undergo reconstruction (p=0.001).Patients with knowledge about breast reconstruction were more willing to accept the procedure. Increasing the awareness will increase acceptance of breast reconstruction.. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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