Table 4 Correlation between Breast-Q and QLQ-BR23

Satisfaction subscale score

BR23 body image

0.45

(0.02–0.74)

0.0414

0.28

(−0.17 to 0.63)

0.22

Psychosocial wellbeing subscale score

BR23 body image

0.68

(0.35–0.86)

0.0005

0.56

(0.17–0.8)

0.0072

Sexual wellbeing subscale score

BR23 sexual functioning

0.73

(0.34–0.9)

0.0014

0.87

(0.68–0.95)

<0.0001

Physical wellbeing-chest subscale score

BR23 arm symptoms

0.72

(0.41–0.88)

0.0001

0.58

(0.18–0.81)

0.0065

BR23 breast symptoms

0.75

(0.47–0.89)

<0.0001

0.69

(0.35–0.87)

0.0005