Table 1 Demographics of participants in the BRAVO study
| Professional participants |
Number = 88 (%) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 46 (52.3) |
| Profession | |
| Consultant breast surgeon | 40 (45.5) |
| Consultant plastic surgeon | 21 (23.9) |
| Clinical nurse specialist | 20 (22.7) |
| Psychologist | 7 (8.0) |
| Time in post | |
| <5 years | 18 (20.5) |
| 5–10 years | 30 (34.1) |
| 10–20 years | 29 (33.0) |
| >20 years | 8 (9.1) |
| Missing | 3 (3.4) |
| Patient participants |
(Number = 215) (%) |
| Centre | |
| Bristol | 77 (35.8) |
| Liverpool | 74 (34.4) |
| Glasgow | 64 (29.8) |
| Agea | |
| <45 years | 21 (9.8) |
| 5–65 years | 166 (77.2) |
| >65 years | 28 (13.0) |
| Median age (range) | 54 (29–76) |
| Time since breast reconstructionb | |
| 0–24 months | 72 (33.5) |
| 25–48 months | 88 (40.9) |
| >48 months | 49 (22.8) |
| Missing | 6 (2.8) |
| Median (range, months) | 33 (4–97) |
| Timing of surgery | |
| Immediate reconstruction | 110 (51.2) |
| Delayed reconstruction | 80 (37.2) |
| Therapeutic mammoplasty | 25 (11.6) |
| Type of surgery | |
| Implant-based reconstruction | 54 (25.1) |
| Latissimus dorsi flap | 59 (27.4) |
| Abdominal flap | 74 (34.4) |
| Therapeutic mammoplasty | 25 (11.6) |
| Otherc | 3 (1.4) |
| Education | |
| Compulsory only | 65 (30.2) |
| Additional education | 139 (64.7) |
| Missing | 11 (5.1) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 23 (10.7) |
| Married/living with partner | 153 (71.2) |
| Separated or divorced | 28 (13.0) |
| Widowed | 6 (2.8) |
| Missing | 5 (2.3) |
| Employment status | |
| Full- or part-time employment | 130 (60.5) |
| Homemaker/housewife | 17 (7.9) |
| Retired | 45 (20.9) |
| Not working | 16 (7.4) |
| Missing | 7 (3.3) |
