Comprehensive Decongestive Therapy as a Treatment for Secondary Lymphedema of the Lower Extremity and Quality of Life of Women After Gynecological Cancer Surgery

Lucia Kendrová; Wioletta Mikuľáková; Katarína Urbanová; Štefánia Andraščíková; Silvia Žultáková; Peter Takáč; Yuriy Peresta

doi:10.12659/MSM.924071

17 June 2020 : Clinical Research

Comprehensive Decongestive Therapy as a Treatment for Secondary Lymphedema of the Lower Extremity and Quality of Life of Women After Gynecological Cancer Surgery

Lucia Kendrová^1ABCDEFG*, Wioletta Mikuľáková^1ABEG, Katarína Urbanová^1BEF, Štefánia Andraščíková^2CDG, Silvia Žultáková^2EFG, Peter Takáč^3CDE, Yuriy Peresta^1DEF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.924071

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e924071

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Table 4 Predictors of achieving a significant improvement in QoL (reduction of LLL).

Δ LYMQOL	R2	F	P	Age			Reduction of LLL
Δ LYMQOL	R2	F	P	b	β	P	b	β	P
Δ Symptoms	0.031	0.753	0.477	−0.003	−0.077	0.096	0.018	0.156	0.283
Δ Body image/appearance	0.021	0.510	0.604	0.003	0.092	0.529	0.011	0.013	0.423
Δ Function	0.136	0.440	0.647	0.006	0.133	0.361	0.003	0.029	0.843
Δ Mood	0.131	0.412	0.664	−0.004	−0.131	0.370	0.000	0.005	0.970
Δ Overall QoL	0.287	2.106	0.133	−0.020	−0.258	0.071	−0.028	−0.134	0.342
Δ Pain	0.094	0.210	0.811	0.009	0.090	0.538	−0.006	−0.024	0.867
QoL – quality of life; LLL – lower limb lymphedema; LYMQOL – Lymphoedema Quality of Life.

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Comprehensive Decongestive Therapy as a Treatment for Secondary Lymphedema of the Lower Extremity and Quality of Life of Women After Gynecological Cancer Surgery

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