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Methodology and measurement properties of health-related quality of life instruments: A prospective study of patients undergoing breast reduction surgery

Authors:	Achilleas?Thoma author-information" > author-information__contact u-icon-before" > mailto:athoma@mcmaster.ca" title=" athoma@mcmaster.ca" itemprop=" email" data-track=" click" data-track-action=" Email author" data-track-label=" " >Email author,Sheila?Sprague,Karen?Veltri,Eric?Duku,William?Furlong

Affiliation:	(1) Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;(2) Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOURCE), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;(3) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;(4) Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;(5) Health Utilities Inc, Dundas, Ontario, Canada

Abstract:	Background Breast hypertrophy is associated with clinically important morbidity. A prospective study was conducted to assess the change in health-related quality of life (HRQL) following breast reduction mammoplasty. This paper describes the measurement properties of each of the HRQL questionnaires used.

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