Participant demographics
| Participant demographics | N, % |
| Patients and caregivers N=521 | |
| Breast reconstruction patient | 318 (61) |
| Mastectomy patient | 119 (23) |
| Breast cancer patient | 53 (10) |
| Caregiver | 1 (<1) |
| Patient/relative/friend of a breast recon, mastectomy or breast cancer patient | 30 (6) |
| Clinicians N=145 | |
| Nurse | 58 (40) |
| Physician | 10 (7) |
| Medical oncologist | 3 (2) |
| Radiation oncologist | 4 (3) |
| General surgeon | 16 (11) |
| Plastic surgeon | 24 (16) |
| Surgeon | 4 (3) |
| Physiotherapist | 24 (16) |
| Social worker | 2 (1) |
| Other N=14 | |
| Mammography technologist | 1 (7) |
| BRCA positive gene carrier | 1 (7) |
| Advocate for awareness | 1 (7) |
| Psychologist | 2 (14) |
| Medical Imaging Technologist | 1 (7) |
| Student | 2 (14) |
| Healthcare professional | 1 (7) |
| Research | 4 (28) |
| Tattoo artist who does reconstruction tattoos | 1 (7) |
| Location N=692 | |
| Alberta | 89 (13) |
| British Columbia | 78 (11) |
| Manitoba | 36 (5) |
| New Brunswick | 34 (5) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 26 (4) |
| Northwest Territories | 0 (0) |
| Nova Scotia | 38 (5) |
| Nunavut | 0 (0) |
| Ontario | 246 (35) |
| Prince Edward Island | 8 (1) |
| Quebec | 77 (11) |
| Saskatchewan | 59 (8) |
| Yukon | 1 (<1) |
| Ethnicity n=692 | |
| North American Aboriginal | 8 (1) |
| Other North American (eg, Canadian or American) | 305 (44) |
| European | 304 (44) |
| Caribbean | 12 (2) |
| Latin, Central or South American | 4 (<1) |
| African | 9 (1) |
| Asian (eg, Middle Eastern, South, East and Southeast Asian) | 48 (7) |
| Oceania (eg, Australian) | 2 (<1) |
| Gender N=696 | |
| Female | 657 (94) |
| Male | 36 (5) |
| Other | 1 (<1) |
| Prefer not to say | 2 (<1) |
| Age N=699 | |
| 15–24 | 5 (<1) |
| 25–34 | 38 (5) |
| 35–44 | 139 (20) |
| 45–54 | 236 (34) |
| 55–64 | 192 (27) |
| 65+ | 81 (11) |
| Prefer not to say | 8 (1) |
*N=number; values presented in the table are the number of respondents; proportions are included in the brackets. Not all respondents answered all questions.
BRCA, BReast CAncer gene.