Effectiveness of Self-Physiotherapy in the Management of Lymphedema

Sponsor
Dokuz Eylul University
Study ID
NCT06652295
Status
Enrolling By Invitation

Conditions

  • Breast Cancer
  • Lymphedema
  • Quality of Healthcare
  • Self Care
  • Self Management

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
FEMALE
Age
18 Years - 65 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Complex decongestive physiotherapy (CDP) — OTHER
    CDP consists of patient education, manual lymph drainage, short traction bandaging, skin/nail care and exercise. The applications of all modalities of the CDP programme were performed by the physiotherapist.
  • Self-administered Complex Decongestive Physiotherapy (CDP) — OTHER
    The self-administered CDP programme consisted of patient education, self-manual lymph drainage, self-short traction bandage application, self-skin/nail care and exercise. Participants were given one session of patient education before the self-administered CDP programme and patients were given practical information about all applications. Additionally, each component of the self-administered CDP programme was presented to the participants with a patient booklet and a video prepared by the researchers. Patients in the self-CDP group were followed up once a week with a patient follow-up diary.

Study Details

Breast cancer-related lymphedema is a chronic condition adversely affecting physical, social, psychological and emotional well-being. The complex decongestive physiotherapy (CDP) programme is considered the gold standard in the management of lymphedema. The most important barriers affecting patient participation in the CDP programme are the lack of trained health personnel and the difficulty for patients to access treatment (peripheral location or financial difficulties). Therefore, self-administration of the CDP programme may contribute to the development of self-care strategies and the reduction of treatment costs.

Key Dates

First listed
Oct 22, 2024
Start date
Jan 1, 2024
Status verified
Oct 2024
Primary completion
Oct 1, 2024
Completion
Jan 25, 2025

Study Design

Enrollment
50 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Active Comparator: Intervention/Treatment
    This group was enrolled in a complex decongestive physiotherapy programme administered by a physiotherapist five days a week for three weeks.
  • Other: Self-administered Group
    This group was enrolled in a self-administered complex decongestive physiotherapy programme five days a week for three weeks.

Primary Outcome Measure

Edema severity [ Time Frame: Change from oedema severity baseline at 3 weeks (end of treatment) to 3 months (follow-up sessions) ]

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