Quality of Life and Volume Reduction in Women with Secondary Lymphoedema Related to Breast Cancer

Purpose. To assess the quality of life (QOL) as a predictor of volume reduction in women undergoing complex physical therapy (CPT) for lymphoedema following breast cancer. Methods. Clinical trial in 57 women undergoing CPT. Results. At baseline, in measuring quality of life for the EORTC QLQ-C30 qu...

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Main Authors:	Lanza, Marcus, Bergmann, Anke, Ferreira, Maria Giseli da Costa Leite, de Aguiar, Suzana Sales, Dias, Ricardo de Almeida, Abrahão, Karen de Souza, Paltrinieri, Ester M., Allende, Ruy G. Martínez, de Andrade, Mauro Figueiredo Carvalho
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710936/

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spelling	pubmed-47109362016-02-03 Quality of Life and Volume Reduction in Women with Secondary Lymphoedema Related to Breast Cancer Lanza, Marcus Bergmann, Anke Ferreira, Maria Giseli da Costa Leite de Aguiar, Suzana Sales Dias, Ricardo de Almeida Abrahão, Karen de Souza Paltrinieri, Ester M. Allende, Ruy G. Martínez de Andrade, Mauro Figueiredo Carvalho Clinical Study Purpose. To assess the quality of life (QOL) as a predictor of volume reduction in women undergoing complex physical therapy (CPT) for lymphoedema following breast cancer. Methods. Clinical trial in 57 women undergoing CPT. Results. At baseline, in measuring quality of life for the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire subscale of functionality, the worst scores for emotional function (55 points) and better social function (89 points) were observed. The symptom scales showed the worst pain averaged (66 points). The overall quality of life showed a low score (40 points). In the BR 23 module, low scores were observed in the field of future perspective (47 points). After treatment of lymphoedema, absolute reduction of excess volume between the upper limbs of 282 mL was observed, representing a reduction of 15%. No association was observed between the domains of quality of life and response to treatment of lymphoedema. Conclusion. This study included 57 women with advanced and chronic lymphoedema in early treatment with CPT and low scores for quality of life. The lymphoedema therapeutic response was not influenced by the QOL at the beginning of treatment. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-12-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4710936/ /pubmed/26843988 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/586827 Text en Copyright © 2015 Marcus Lanza et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Lanza, Marcus Bergmann, Anke Ferreira, Maria Giseli da Costa Leite de Aguiar, Suzana Sales Dias, Ricardo de Almeida Abrahão, Karen de Souza Paltrinieri, Ester M. Allende, Ruy G. Martínez de Andrade, Mauro Figueiredo Carvalho
spellingShingle	Lanza, Marcus Bergmann, Anke Ferreira, Maria Giseli da Costa Leite de Aguiar, Suzana Sales Dias, Ricardo de Almeida Abrahão, Karen de Souza Paltrinieri, Ester M. Allende, Ruy G. Martínez de Andrade, Mauro Figueiredo Carvalho Quality of Life and Volume Reduction in Women with Secondary Lymphoedema Related to Breast Cancer
author_facet	Lanza, Marcus Bergmann, Anke Ferreira, Maria Giseli da Costa Leite de Aguiar, Suzana Sales Dias, Ricardo de Almeida Abrahão, Karen de Souza Paltrinieri, Ester M. Allende, Ruy G. Martínez de Andrade, Mauro Figueiredo Carvalho
author_sort	Lanza, Marcus
title	Quality of Life and Volume Reduction in Women with Secondary Lymphoedema Related to Breast Cancer
title_short	Quality of Life and Volume Reduction in Women with Secondary Lymphoedema Related to Breast Cancer
title_full	Quality of Life and Volume Reduction in Women with Secondary Lymphoedema Related to Breast Cancer
title_fullStr	Quality of Life and Volume Reduction in Women with Secondary Lymphoedema Related to Breast Cancer
title_full_unstemmed	Quality of Life and Volume Reduction in Women with Secondary Lymphoedema Related to Breast Cancer
title_sort	quality of life and volume reduction in women with secondary lymphoedema related to breast cancer
description	Purpose. To assess the quality of life (QOL) as a predictor of volume reduction in women undergoing complex physical therapy (CPT) for lymphoedema following breast cancer. Methods. Clinical trial in 57 women undergoing CPT. Results. At baseline, in measuring quality of life for the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire subscale of functionality, the worst scores for emotional function (55 points) and better social function (89 points) were observed. The symptom scales showed the worst pain averaged (66 points). The overall quality of life showed a low score (40 points). In the BR 23 module, low scores were observed in the field of future perspective (47 points). After treatment of lymphoedema, absolute reduction of excess volume between the upper limbs of 282 mL was observed, representing a reduction of 15%. No association was observed between the domains of quality of life and response to treatment of lymphoedema. Conclusion. This study included 57 women with advanced and chronic lymphoedema in early treatment with CPT and low scores for quality of life. The lymphoedema therapeutic response was not influenced by the QOL at the beginning of treatment.
publisher	Hindawi Publishing Corporation
publishDate	2015
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710936/
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Quality of Life and Volume Reduction in Women with Secondary Lymphoedema Related to Breast Cancer

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