RATIONALE: Identifying why patients don't do self care for lymphedema may help doctors plan better at-home self-care treatment. PURPOSE: This research study is looking at self-care practices for lymphedema in patients with breast cancer.
OBJECTIVES: Primary * To systematically identify and describe the barriers to completing recommended at home self-care of lymphedema in patients with breast cancer. * To identify patient recalled instructions as to at home self-care practices for lymphedema as told to them by healthcare professionals and others. * To identify the current at home self-care practices of breast cancer survivors with treatment treated lymphedema. Secondary * To examine the relationship between at home self-care activities and symptoms in breast cancer survivors with lymphedema. * To examine the relationship between at home self-care activities and quality of life in breast cancer survivors with lymphedema. * To identify patient-perceived benefits to at home self-care. OUTLINE: Patients complete questionnaires about their breast cancer diagnosis and treatment history, lymphedema history and problems, and years of education and income. Patients also complete surveys about home self-care practices for lymphedema and any benefits, burdens, or barriers of at home care.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
51
Completed self-report form
Completed self-report form-other
Completed self-report form qol
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center - Cool Springs
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center at Franklin
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Identification and description of barriers to completing recommended at home self-care of lymphedema
Time frame: one time only for approximately 15 minutes
Identification of patients recalled instructions as to at home self-care practices for lymphedema as told to them by healthcare professionals and others
Time frame: one time only for approximately 15 minutes
Identification of current at home self-care practices for lymphedema
Time frame: one time only for approximately 15 minutes
Relationship between at home self-care activities, symptoms, and quality of life in breast cancer survivors with lymphedema
Time frame: one time only for approximately 15 minutes
Identification of patient-perceived benefits to at home self-care
Time frame: one time only for approximately 15 minutes
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