Volume 26, Issue 121, March 2022

Acceptance and awareness of breast reconstruction surgery among educated women in hail, kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A community-based study

Fathuldeen A^1,2♦, Mohammad Abdulkarim Alduheim², Renad A Almusawi², Shuruq O Alshammari², Raghad A Alsdairi², Boshora A Alzahrani²

¹plastic surgery department, college of medicine, Hail University, Hail, Saudi Arabia
²College of medicine, Hail University, Hail, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Board certified Plastic and reconstructive surgery, plastic surgery department, college of medicine, Hail university, Hail, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Background: Breast cancer incidence rate has risen and consider one of the most frequent malignancy worldwide. Surgery is continuously the most appropriate way for curing breast cancer; breast reconstruction is an important stage for breast cancer management and improves breast appearance. Aim: The study was carried out to find out the knowledge, awareness, and acceptance of reconstruction of the breast due to mastectomy among educated females in the Saudi population. Methods: A cross-sectional community-based study carried out to estimate the awareness, and acceptance of reconstruction of the breast due to mastectomy among educated females in Hail, Saudi Arabia. Online questionnaires consisting of 24 multiple choices questions were distributed to the targeted population who meets the requirements for inclusion criteria. Data entered through Microsoft Excel sheet then analyzed using the (SPSS) version 25.0. Results: we include (383) female participants, the majority were Saudi (97.4%). A (60.06%) of the participants were aware about reconstruction of the breast after breast removal surgery. However, most of them didn’t know the advantages and disadvantages of reconstruction shows (81.7%). A (77.8%) of participants were not knew of the complications associated with reconstruction of the breast surgeries. Our study shows a (83.3%) of participants accepted the idea of reconstruction surgery. Conclusion: We concluded that there is a gap in the knowledge about various methods for breast cancer management, as well as reconstruction of the breast due to mastectomy even among educated participants, while acceptance of reconstruction was higher among the population.

Keywords: mastectomy, reconstruction, breast cancer, knowledge and awareness

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms103e1986

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i121/ms103e1986

Published: 22 March 2022