TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ghada Mahmoud Mohammed Nabhan
AU  - khairia Abobaker Elsawi , 
AU  - Labiba Abdelkader Mohamed , 
TI  - Impact of risk reduction strategies on the incidence of post mastectomy lymphedema / 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Cairo : 
PB  - Ghada Mahmoud Mohammed Nabhan , 
KW  - Lymphedema
KW  - Mastectomy
KW  - Risk reduction strategies
N1  - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Nursing - Department of Surgical Nursing; Issued also as CD
N2  - Lymphedema is one of the most frequently occurring problems in women after  mastectomy. Therefore implementation of risk reduction strategies (exercise, diet and skin  care) as early as the first day after mastectomy may be helpful in reducing such type of  complications beside other aspects of treatment for mastectomy patients. Aim of the study  was to evaluate the impact of risk reduction strategies on the incidence of post mastectomy  lymphedema among female patients who undergone mastectomy. A convenient sample of  40 adult conscious patients were selected. Setting of the study was conducted in surgical  wards and Nuclear Medicine Units in a University Hospital in Cairo. Quazi experimental  research design has utilized in the current study. Tools of data collection were a- Socio- demographic Data Sheet b- Medical Data Sheet and c- Kissin scale. Results revealed that  (47.5%) of the study subjects' age was above 45 years, (85%) were married and (90%)  were housewives. A significant statistical differences between lymphedema measurements  in the affected and unaffected arm at initial, second, third and fourth contact at four sites  among study subjects. Study conclude that lymphedema not found on women who  followed risk reduction strategies. Replication of this study is recommended on a large  number of sample to obtain more generalizable results
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