A breast support intervention for women with breast pain
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A randomised control trial of an individual bra prescription versus standard care for women with larger breasts and breast pain
IRAS ID
182133
Contact name
Emma Burnett
Contact email
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 30 days
Research summary
This study is being run in collaboration with Portsmouth Hospitals Trust by the University of Portsmouth’s Research Group in Breast Health. This is to investigate the effect of bras on benign breast pain in women with larger breasts.
Research has identified that sports bras can help to reduce breast pain in women (Hadi, 2000) however research within this programme of work (PhD) has found that wearing a sports bra everyday may not be appropriate for all women. This study aims to investigate the effects of prescribed everyday bras for women with larger breasts and breast pain.
To be involved in the study participants must be female, aged 18 years and over and premenopausal. Participants must be wearing a 34 to 40, DD to G UK bra size and must be able to complete some light daily activities.
Within this study there will be two groups a control group (known as the standard care group) who will receive the standard care that the Queen Alexandra hospital provides for women with benign breast pain. The other group will attend the laboratory at the University of Portsmouth and will complete a testing session which will result in the receiving an appropriate bra to wear for eight weeks (this group is called the prescription group). Both groups will complete a breast pain questionnaire and a quality of life survey at the beginning of the study, four weeks after receiving treatment (either standard care or the bra if they are in the prescription group) and again at eight weeks.
REC name
East Midlands - Nottingham 1 Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/EM/0386
Date of REC Opinion
12 Aug 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion