Open AccessPatient-Reported Outcome Measures With Secondary Lower Limb Lymphedemas: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Margit Eidenberger
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the advanced practitioner in oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2150-0886
pISSN - 2150-0878
DOI - 10.6004/jadpro.2021.12.2.5
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphedema , quality of life (healthcare) , cronbach's alpha , physical therapy , intraclass correlation , medline , psychometrics , clinical psychology , nursing , cancer , breast cancer , political science , law
Patient-reported outcome measures are measures of patients' health-related quality of life. They should be added to other lymphedema measurements. With an improved disease-free survival of secondary lower limb lymphedema, attention must focus on such assessments.