Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran
مجله پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Med J Islam Repub Iran
Medical Sciences
http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir
2
journal2
1016-1430
2251-6840
8
10.18869/mjiri
14
8888
13
en
jalali
1393
10
1
gregorian
2015
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29
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online
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Tendency to breast reconstruction after breast mastectomy among Iranian women with breast cancer
Community Medicine
Community Medicine
Original Research
Original Research
<p> <strong> Background: </strong>Women with the medical history of breast cancer constitute the biggest group of patients who survived cancer. Despite the high rate of mastectomy after breast cancer in Iran only limited patients elect reconstruction surgery. The aim of our study was to evaluate the rate of tendency to breast reconstruction (BR) surgery among women with breast cancer who had mastectomy but not undergone reconstruction. </p><p> <strong> Methods </strong>: This cross sectional study was conducted in Mashhad, north east of Iran during 2013. A total of 108 patients with mastectomy due to breast cancer were selected through convenience sampling and completed the questionnaire. Demographic data collected and 21 items of questionnaire were compared between patients with and without tendency to BR. Data were analyzed using Chi square, t tests and logistic regression. </p><p> <strong> Results </strong>: In this study 62 (57.4%) patients had a tendency to BR and 46 (42.6%) had not. The mean (±SD) age of patients in first group was 43.3±8.03 and 49.6±9.9 in the second group (p<0.001). Frequency of agreement about impact of BR on appearance and beauty, mood, family living conditions and their opinion (p<0.001), lack of sufficient information (p=0.01), physician's opinion (p<0.001) and priority of cancer breast treatment (p=0.02) were significantly different between the two groups. </p><p> <strong> Conclusion </strong>: More than half of the patients had a tendency to BR although they did not go under the surgery yet. Identification of factors that can increase the tendency and factors that help to change the intention to action are important and should be investigate in future research. </p><p> <strong> </strong></p>
Tendency, Mastectomy, Breast cancer, Breast reconstruction.
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530
http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-850&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Fatemeh
Homaei Shandiz
homaeef@mums.ac.ir
200319475328460017267
200319475328460017267
No
Department of Radiation Oncology, Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran & Cancer Research Center, Omid Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Mona
Najaf Najafi
najafm901@mums.ac.ir
200319475328460017268
200319475328460017268
No
Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Zahra
Abbasi Shaye
abbasiSHZ911@mums.ac.ir
200319475328460017269
200319475328460017269
No
Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Mahta
Salehi
mahta68@yahoo.com
200319475328460017270
200319475328460017270
No
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Maryam
Salehi
Salehim@mums.ac.ir.
200319475328460017271
200319475328460017271
Yes
Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran & Research Center for Patient Safety Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.