Fig. 1

Stacked horizontal bar charts for the results to Q15 (top left), Q16 (top right), Q13 (bottom left), and Q14 (bottom right). Note 1: For Q15, the bootstrappped 95%CI for the answer “agree strongly” was 18–29% for lumpectomy-only patients and 31–46% for mastectomy-only patients. For Q16, the bootstrappped 95%CI for the answer “agree strongly” was 17–28% for lumpectomy-only patients and 32–49% for mastectomy-only patients. For Q13, the bootstrappped 95%CI for the answer “all the time” was 18–28% for lumpectomy-only patients and 24–39% for mastectomy-only patients. For Q14, the bootstrappped 95%CI for the answer “all the time” was 16–27% for lumpectomy-only patients and 23–39% for mastectomy-only patients. Note 2: The two survey questions in the top row may seem to be very similar, and the overall distribution of answers may also seem very similar. But these two survey items addressed different aspects (body image vs. intimacy), and a not-negligible portion of survey participants gave different answers on these two items. Among the lumpectomy-only patients, 135 (63%) gave the same answer to both statements; 42 (20%) either agreed to both or disagreed to both but with different strengths; and 38 (18%) agreed with one statement and disagreed with the other. Among the mastectomy-only patients, 99 (71%) gave the same answer to both statements; 24 (17%) either agreed to both or disagreed to both but with different strengths; and 17 (12%) agreed with one statement and disagreed with the other