Institution of Clinical Sciences, Departement of Surgery, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.
Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Plastic Surgery, The Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2023 Feb;47(1):73-80. doi: 10.1007/s00266-022-03025-z. Epub 2022 Aug 3.
Norm values for patient reported outcomes, that is knowledge about how the general population of women rate their breast-related satisfaction and quality of life, are necessary to interpret the meaning of scores. The aims of this study were to create Swedish normative values for the BREAST-Q reduction/mastopexy module and to describe what healthy women are most satisfied/dissatisfied with regarding their breasts.
A random sample of 400 women aged 18-80, currently living in Region Västra Götaland, were sent BREAST-Q reduction/mastopexy. Descriptive data are presented.
One hundred and forty-six women answered the questionnaire (36.5%). Mean total scores ranged from 48 to 78. No clear changes in scores could be seen with age and women with a high BMI seem to be less satisfied with their breasts. The participants were most satisfied with the appearance of the breasts when dressed, the appearance in the mirror dressed, the shape of the breasts with bra, and symmetry of size and most dissatisfied with appearance in the mirror naked and the shape of the breasts without a bra. Thirty to forty-five per cent of healthy women never or almost never feel sexually attractive. Among physical symptoms often described in breast hypertrophy, the most common among healthy women were lack of energy, pain in the neck, arms and shoulders, headache and difficulty performing intense physical activity.
The norms for BREAST-Q reduction/mastopexy add another piece to the puzzle to what constitutes normal breast satisfaction and how surgical outcomes can be evaluated.
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患者报告结局的标准值，即了解一般女性群体如何评价她们的乳房相关满意度和生活质量，对于解释评分的意义至关重要。本研究旨在创建瑞典乳房缩小/乳房提升模块的 BREAST-Q 标准值，并描述健康女性对其乳房最满意/不满意的方面。
随机抽取了居住在西约特兰地区的 400 名年龄在 18-80 岁之间的女性，向她们发放了 BREAST-Q 乳房缩小/乳房提升问卷。呈现了描述性数据。
共有 146 名女性回答了问卷（36.5%）。总分均值范围为 48-78。年龄与评分之间无明显变化，而 BMI 较高的女性似乎对其乳房满意度较低。参与者对穿着衣服时的乳房外观、穿衣镜中的外观、戴胸罩时的乳房形状以及大小的对称性最为满意，对裸体镜中乳房的外观和不戴胸罩时乳房的形状最不满意。30-45%的健康女性从不或几乎从不感到有性吸引力。在乳房肥大常描述的身体症状中，健康女性最常见的是缺乏精力、颈部、手臂和肩部疼痛、头痛和难以进行剧烈体力活动。
BREAST-Q 乳房缩小/乳房提升的标准值为了解正常乳房满意度以及如何评估手术效果提供了更多信息。
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