Development of a Questionnaire to Evaluate Patient Expectations for Breast Reconstruction in Women With Breast Cancer or Other Conditions
Breast Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for Breast Cancer focused on measuring recurrent breast cancer, stage IA breast cancer, stage IB breast cancer, stage II breast cancer, stage IIIA breast cancer, stage IIIB breast cancer, stage IIIC breast cancer, stage IV breast cancer
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Female.
- Age > or = to 18 to 75 years.
- Patients who are presenting for consultation about breast reconstruction
Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability to speak or understanding English
- Inability to provide meaningful informed consent due to physical, cognitive, or psychiatric disability.
- Prior breast reconstruction surgery.
Sites / Locations
- New School for Social Research
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- McMaster Children's Hospital at Hamilton Health Sciences
- University College of London Hospitals
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Interviews/Questionnaires
The primary intervention in part 1 includes the interview for item generation with 50 women and the pilot-testing with a separate group of n = 30 women. The primary intervention in part 2 and 3 is the administration of the questionnaire. In part 3, along with the questionnaire being developed, the Body Image Scale (BIS), the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R), and the upcoming MSKCC BREAST-Q will be given to determine convergent and discriminant construct validity. No other therapeutic or diagnostic agents will be administered.