A Study to Assess Awareness of Breast Reconstruction Surgeries among women with Breast Cancer at a Tertiary Care Center

Breast reconstruction surgeries have been recognized as the best choices for those who had a mastectomy after breast cancer. But still in the modern world people are hesitating to undergo a reconstruction because of many factors. Therefore, awareness of breast reconstruction surgeries is very much essential in this situation.so a study was undertaken to “assess awareness of breast reconstruction surgeries among women with breast cancer at a tertiary care center”. Objectives: The primary objective of the study was to estimate the level and awareness of breast reconstruction surgeries among women with Breast cancer. Methodology: Conceptual framework based on the General System model was used in this study. A quantitative approach with a descriptive design was adopted for this study. The sample consisted of 100 women with breast cancer of all ages who were selected by convenient sampling technique. Data were collected by interviewing the participants using a structured questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The results revealed that about 83% of the sample had a low level of awareness regarding breast reconstruction surgeries and only 17% of women had an average level of awareness regarding breast reconstruction surgeries. None of them had a high level of awareness in this study. Interpretation and Conclusion: The chi-square test of association showed that there was a significant association between the awareness about reconstruction and socio demographic variables such as education (p = 0.001) and economic status (p = 0.001). Due to this low level of awareness, the study recommends strongly conducting awareness programs and designing health education strategies to provide comprehensive information regarding breast reconstruction surgeries to the women at the beginning of their treatment.