Self-care in female cancer survivors with secondary lymphedema-characteristics to perform self-care

Rehabilitation Oncology - Rehabilitation Oncology Journal Podcast

This episode presents predictors for performing self-care in females with secondary lymphedema. Factors as low well-being, body-image, near relations, quality of sleep, difficulty to accept having lymphedema and other ethnicities than national seems to be important. Many of the women perform self-care but still many of them does not think that it helps. The results facilitate more identification and extra support for these women.