Development of a breast reconstruction satisfaction questionnaire (BRECON): Dimensionality and clinical importance of breast symptoms, donor site issues, patient expectations, and relationships

OBJECTIVES: To develop a valid, reliable and responsive, self-administered questionnaire to assess women's satisfaction with breast reconstruction. METHODS: Item generation: Three sources for item inventory were utilized: focus groups, expert panel, and literature review.Item reduction: Item impact scores were derived from patients and experts each ranking the importance and frequency of each item. Correlation between patient and expert scores …