An observational study in Breast Cancer, sponsored by Vanderbilt University. Completed at 3 sites in United States. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 120 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-04-10.
Sponsored by Vanderbilt University · Observational
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
Secondary
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.
12,544 studies on the registry are indexed under Breast Neoplasms; 2,892 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 51 is below the median of 184 across 2,642 observational studies indexed under Breast Neoplasms.
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Breast Cancer patients
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Must have received prior lymphedema treatment by a healthcare professional
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Completed self-report form
Completed self-report form-other
Completed self-report form qol
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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