Sexuality After Reduction Mammaplasty

Daniela Francescato Veiga

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sexual Function; Depression

Treatments: Procedure: Reduction mammaplasty

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01020422

Dinter 02

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to determine the impact of reduction mammaplasty on sexuality and depression predictors in women with macromastia.

Full description

Breast hypertrophy is a common condition among women. Reduction mammaplasty is an effective and well established procedure performed for the relief discomfort associated with breast hypertrophy. Female breasts play an important role in sexuality, thus, the main purpose of this study is to determine whether reduction mammaplasty could influence sexual function and depression predictors on women with breast hypertrophy.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• breast hypertrophy
• candidate to reduction mammaplasty
• healthy volunteer with normal volume breasts (control group)
• body mass index under 30Kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

• pregnancy, delivery or breast feeding during the last 12 months
• body mass index over 30Kg/m2
• breast cancer history
• previous breast surgery
• hard smoking

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Breast hypertrophy

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients with macromastia will be evaluated in regard to sexual function and depression predictors at 3 moments: initial interview, after 3 months and after 6 months

Reduction Mammaplasty

Experimental group

Description:

Breast hypertrophy patients randomized to this group will immediately be scheduled for reduction mammaplasty and will be will be evaluated in regard to sexual function and depression predictors preoperatively and 3 and 6 months postoperatively

Treatment:

Procedure: Reduction mammaplasty