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Women treated for breast malignancies receive poor postoperative education.
2004 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women treated for breast malignancies receive poor postoperative education.
According to published research from Finland, "in this retrospective survey we investigated the recall of breast cancer patients (n=105) 6 months after the operation concerning postoperative instructions on exercises for shoulder mobility, and instructions for edema prevention and treatment, upper limb strength training, and the use of the upper limb in daily activities. Patients also described the content in their own words and ranked the instructors who had mostly given this education."
"Operation type and length of hospital stay did not have any effect on the education recalled, but the age of the respondent had some effect (r=-0.23, p
"Patients' own comments were sometimes conflicting: i.e. "Use the upper limb as before and you can even lift weights," and "You cannot drive a car or lift a weight over 3 kg for 6 weeks."
"Over half of the respondents named the physiotherapist or physiotherapy assistant as the person who had given them most of the instructions. A medical doctor was ranked in first place by 19% of the patients. Only half of the patients reported that they had some education after hospitalization," said researchers.
"This study suggests that postoperative education of breast cancer patients ...
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