The Impact of Breast Surgery on Patients' Quality of Life

The investigators aim to document the surgery-specific and overall Quality of life parameters of patients undergoing all types of breast surgery at the University Hospital of Basel

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Breast Surgery

Detailed Description

The planned ten-year follow-up using Patient reported outcome measure will give us the unique opportunity to gain insight into patients' breast-related QoL (Quality of Life) long after surgery and detect systematic issues that may affect them beyond the scope of routine follow-up consultations. Along with the detection of any occurring adverse events, the information gathered in the database will facilitate the search for risk factors involved in their development, ideally resulting in their rectification and thus contributing to patient well-being in the long term.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 1000

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Elisabeth Kappos, Prof.; Phone Number: +4161 265 25 25; Email: elisabeth.kappos@usb.ch

Study Locations

• Switzerland
  • Basel, Switzerland, 4031
    • Recruiting
    • University Hospital Basel
    • Contact: Elisabeth Kappos, Prof.; Phone Number: +41 61 265 25 25; Email: elisabeth.kappos@usb.ch

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

patients who underwent breast surgery at the University Hospital Basel from 2014 onwards

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• adults who underwent any type of breast surgery at the University Hospital of Basel

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients under the age of 18 years, without general consent or written informed consent, with insufficient language comprehension or other factors limiting their ability to co-operate in the study

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Patient satisfaction	five point likert-scale for satisfaction ( psychometric survey response scale ranging from "Strongly Disagree" to "Strongly Agree". The format includes: 1. Strongly Disagree, 2. Disagree, 3. Neutral (or Neither Agree nor Disagree), 4. Agree, and 5. Strongly Agree Descriptive measures using patient-reported outcome measures (BREAST-Q, McGill short form, EQ-5D-5L)	up to 10 years
Patient reported quality of life	Descriptive measures using patient-reported outcome measures (BREAST-Q, McGill short form, EQ-5D-5L)	up to 10 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Elisabeth Kappos, Prof., University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 16, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2035
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2035

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 2, 2025
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 2, 2025
• First Posted (Actual): December 15, 2025

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 15, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 2, 2025
• Last Verified: December 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 2025-00210; bb25kappos3

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No