Development of the Breast Cancer Related Lymphedema Self-Care Scale

Abstract

The purpose of study was to develop the Breast Cancer Related Lymphedema Self-Care Scale to evaluate the self-care practices of women with breast cancer-related lymphedema (BRCL); and to examine the psycholinguistic and psychometric characteristics of this scale. The item pool of the scale was created based on the literature in this descriptive study. Content validity, explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses used in evaluation of the validity; and item analyzes, the Cronbach’s Alpha and Split Half analyzes were made for reliability in the study. The content validity index was found to be above 0.80. In the Explanatory Factor Analysis, a four-factor structure was obtained. In Confirmatory Factor Analysis, fit indices were found to be acceptable. Cronbach’s Alpha coefficients of the sub-dimensions of the scale varied between 0.62 and 0.86. It was determined the Breast Cancer Related Lymphedema Self-Care Scale was a valid and reliable scale for women with BRCL.

Development and psychometric evaluation of a lymphoedema self‐management behaviour questionnaire for breast cancer patients

“…The Breast Cancer Related Lymphedema Self‐Care Scale is the only instrument that specifically assesses lymphoedema self‐management behaviour, which was developed based on Orem's self‐care theory and is used to measure the self‐management behaviour of patients with lymphoedema. However, this scale also only focuses on self‐care behaviours related to medical management (Deveci et al, 2020). Note that an increasing number of studies have shown that the psychological distress and role pressure caused by lymphoedema to patients cannot be ignored (Acebedo et al, 2021; Sun et al, 2020).…”

Autogestão ineficaz de linfedema em mulheres mastectomizadas: análise de conceito

“…Qualitativo** 2023 Turquia Deveci Z, Karaywurt O,Bilik O, Eyigör S (54) Development of the Breast Cancer Related Lymphedema Self-Care Scale Clinical Nursing Research Descritivo** com predominância no idioma inglês. Os autores dos estudos foram enfermeiros (56,0%), psicólogos (14,6%), médicos (9,7%), além de terapeutas ocupacionais, fisioterapeutas e profissionais de áreas correlatas (4,9%).…”

“…Edema/inchaço no braço Aydin A, Gursoy A (17) Swenson KK, Nissen MJ, Leach JW, Post-White J (20) Ridner SH, Dietrich MS, Kidd N (22) Shallwani SM, Towers A (26) Jeffs E, Wiseman T (29) Armer et al (32) Ammitzbøll et al (33) Temur K, Kapucu S (34) Ridner et al (35) Maree JE, Beckmann D (52) Deveci Z, Karaywurt O, Bilik O, Eyigör S (54) 11 (25,6) Sensação de peso no braço Assis MR, Maraglia PH, Brandão MAG, Peixoto MAP (24) ; Jeffs E, Wiseman T (29) Armer et al (32) Ammitzbøll et al (33) Cansız G, Arıkan Dönmez A, Kapucu S, Borman P (40) Deveci Z, Karaywurt O, Bilik O, Eyigör S (54) (14,0) Dor Jeffs E, Wiseman T (29) Ammitzbøll et al (33) Cansız G, Arıkan Dönmez A, Kapucu S, Borman P (40) Maree JE, Beckmann D (52) Deveci Z, Karaywurt O, Bilik O, Eyigör S (54) (11,6)…”

“…Diminuição na função do membro Li et al (15) Cansız G, Arıkan Dönmez A, Kapucu S, Borman P (40) Deveci Z, Karaywurt O, Bilik O, Eyigör S (54) (6,97)…”

“…Diminuição na amplitude do braço Assis MR, Maraglia PH, Brandão MAG, Peixoto MAP (24) Maree JE, Beckmann D (52) Deveci Z, Karaywurt O, Bilik O, Eyigör S (54) (6,97) Falta de observação dos sinais e sintomas e fatores de risco Huang HP, Zhou JR, Zeng Q (5) Ostby PL, Armer JM, Smith K,Stewart BR (38) (4,65) Desuso do membro afetado com edema Chung CW, Hwang EK, Hwang SW (30) Deveci Z, Karaywurt O,Bilik O, Eyigör S (54) (4,65)…”