Take part in a study looking to better understand resilience in women making decisions around their breast reconstruction surgery.
What’s the study about?
Studies have shown that women diagnosed with breast cancer can sometimes experience feelings of regret for decisions they’ve made about breast reconstruction surgery. This can negatively affect their well-being and quality of life.
Resilience is often seen as something that can help with this process, but it's not well understood.
This study aims to explore women’s experience of resilience during the decision-making process around breast reconstruction surgery.
Who can take part?
You can take part if you’re a woman over the age of 18 who has:
- Received a breast cancer diagnosis
- Finished active treatment (except for hormone therapy)
- Undergone breast reconstruction following a mastectomy less than 5 years ago.
Why do you want me to be involved?
The researchers would like to hear directly from women who are impacted by breast cancer to make sure their voices are heard. Your involvement can potentially help to inform support for women who undergo breast reconstruction in the future.
What will you ask me to do?
You'll be invited to answer a short questionnaire about the nature of your diagnosis and surgery to see if you're eligible for this study.
If eligible, you’ll then be invited to attend an online interview that will take around 50 to 60 minutes to complete. During the interview, you'll be asked to talk about your experience of making decisions around breast reconstruction.
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