Health Belief Model Based Nursing Interventions on Lymphedema Prevention
Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Lymphedema, Home Visit
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Breast Cancer focused on measuring Breast Cancer, Lymphedema, Health Belief Model, Nursing, Home Visit
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of primary breast cancer and having stage I, II and III
- Having axillary dissection
- Not having the diagnosis of lymphedema
- Receiving radiotherapy
- Volunteering to participate in the study
- Age over 18 years
- Female
- Residing in the city
Exclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of bilateral breast cancer
- Open wound or infection in the upper extremities
- Musculoskeletal disorders preventing movements of the upper extremities
- Ongoing adjuvant systemic chemotherapy
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Nursing interventions (home visit and health education) group
No Nursing interventions group
Nursing interventions group: Home visit, health education At the Intervention group; the researcher made pretest (baseline measurements) before the nursing interventions at the first home visit. The researcher offered education and guide about prevention of lymphedema after the baseline measurements at the first home visit. Second and third home visits were made three and six months after the first visit. At the second and the third home visits, the measurements were repeated, and the nursing interventions were maintained in the direction of the patients' individual needs.
No Nursing interventions group; the researcher administered the pretests at first home visit. The measurements were repeated in the third and sixth months after the first home visit. The researcher also given at the end of the sixth month, all of the nursing interventions, given to the intervention group, for the control group.