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 5 Predictors of significant improvement in QoL (reduction of PLL).

Δ LYMQOL	R2	F	P	Age			Reduction of PLL
Δ LYMQOL	R2	F	P	b	β	P	b	β	P
Δ Symptoms	0.011	0.264	0.769	−0.003	−0.069	0.644	0.008	0.067	0.652
Δ Body image/appearance	0.029	0.697	0.503	0.004	0.117	0.429	0.014	0.148	0.317
Δ Function	0.018	0.426	0.657	0.006	0.130	0.383	−0.001	−0.013	0.933
Δ Mood	0.017	0.414	0.663	−0.004	−0.129	0.386	0.001	0.013	0.942
Δ Overall QoL	0.074	1.888	0.163	−0.022	−0.274	0.062	−0.021	0.030	0.478
Δ Pain	0.019	0.445	0.644	0.007	0.070	0.635	−0.026	−0.104	0.486
QoL – quality of life; 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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