title: Patient reported outcome measures following specialist nurse-led clinics in preparation for breast reconstruction surgery.
abstract: We compared patient reported outcome measures following information given about breast reconstruction surgery by either a specialist nurse or operating consultant surgeon using a comparative and validated questionnaire. One hundred and nineteen patients considering breast reconstruction were seen by a single consultant plastic surgeon (60 participants) or by a single specialist nurse (59 participants). Response rates to the questionnaires were 70% and 71% respectively and the overall conversion rate to surgery was 86%. There were no significant differences between the outcome reported for those receiving information from the specialist nurse or the operating consultant. In conclusion we found that pre-operative specialist nurse-led information provision and preparation for breast reconstruction is effective and acceptable to patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom. caroline_osborne10@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Caroline L E
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Osborne
authors.forename: Fiona G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Court
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: O'Donoghue
authors.forename: Sue E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Keeton
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heary
authors.forename: Kirsty M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Blyth
authors.forename: Bridie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grant
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000193:education*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses'; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires