Professional participants | Number = 88 (%) |
 Gender | |
  Female | 46 (52.3) |
 Profession | |
  Consultant breast surgeon | 40 (45.5) |
  Consultant plastic surgeon | 21 (23.9) |
  Clinical nurse specialist | 20 (22.7) |
  Psychologist | 7 (8.0) |
 Time in post | |
  <5 years | 18 (20.5) |
  5–10 years | 30 (34.1) |
  10–20 years | 29 (33.0) |
  >20 years | 8 (9.1) |
  Missing | 3 (3.4) |
Patient participants | (Number = 215) (%) |
 Centre | |
  Bristol | 77 (35.8) |
  Liverpool | 74 (34.4) |
  Glasgow | 64 (29.8) |
 Agea | |
  <45 years | 21 (9.8) |
  5–65 years | 166 (77.2) |
  >65 years | 28 (13.0) |
  Median age (range) | 54 (29–76) |
 Time since breast reconstructionb | |
  0–24 months | 72 (33.5) |
  25–48 months | 88 (40.9) |
  >48 months | 49 (22.8) |
  Missing | 6 (2.8) |
  Median (range, months) | 33 (4–97) |
 Timing of surgery | |
  Immediate reconstruction | 110 (51.2) |
  Delayed reconstruction | 80 (37.2) |
  Therapeutic mammoplasty | 25 (11.6) |
 Type of surgery | |
  Implant-based reconstruction | 54 (25.1) |
  Latissimus dorsi flap | 59 (27.4) |
  Abdominal flap | 74 (34.4) |
  Therapeutic mammoplasty | 25 (11.6) |
  Otherc | 3 (1.4) |
 Education | |
  Compulsory only | 65 (30.2) |
  Additional education | 139 (64.7) |
  Missing | 11 (5.1) |
 Marital status | |
  Single | 23 (10.7) |
  Married/living with partner | 153 (71.2) |
  Separated or divorced | 28 (13.0) |
  Widowed | 6 (2.8) |
  Missing | 5 (2.3) |
 Employment status | |
  Full- or part-time employment | 130 (60.5) |
  Homemaker/housewife | 17 (7.9) |
  Retired | 45 (20.9) |
  Not working | 16 (7.4) |
  Missing | 7 (3.3) |