The goal of this clinical trials is to explore the effectiveness of home-based iymphedema treatment and the differences between the home-based and outpatient treatment. The main question is to verify that home-based treatment is as effective as outpatient treatment. We set two groups in this study, comparing the volume of affected upper limb to see if home-based iymphedema treatment is valuable method.
Secondary outcome measures: 1. Core Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30), It included five functional measures (somatic function, role function, cognitive function, emotional function, social function), three symptom measures (fatigue, pain, nausea and vomiting), six individual measures (dysphagia, loss of appetite, sleep disturbance, constipation, diarrhea, financial hardship), and one patient self-assessment item (total health status). 2. Breast Cancer and Lymphedema Symptom Experience Index (BCLE-SEI).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
40
Comprehensive detumescence treatment, including skin care, manual lymphatic drainage, low elastic bandaging and functional exercise four steps
Three to five times a week, one hour each time
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
the volum of affected arm
A soft ruler was used to measure the patient's wrist stripes and 10cm, 20cm, 30cm and 40cm above the wrist stripes, respectively, to obtain the circumference value. The five measurement points can divide the limb into four truncated cones, and then the formula can be used to calculate the volume of each limb segment, in which C1 and C2 are the arm circumference of the upper and lower two points of the measurement segment. h is the length of the measuring section, that is, 10 cm, and the whole limb volume is the sum of the volumes of each section.
Time frame: at the first day and after one month
Quality of life Core questionnaire scale -- EORTC QLQ-C30
It included five functional measures (somatic function, role function, cognitive function, emotional function, social function), three symptom measures (fatigue, pain, nausea and vomiting), six individual measures (dysphagia, loss of appetite, sleep disturbance, constipation, diarrhea, financial hardship), and one patient self-assessment item (total health status).
Time frame: at the first day and after one month
Breast Cancer and Lymphedema Symptom Experience Index， BCLE-SEI
Time frame: at the first day and after one month
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