Rehabilitation pathways in women with breast cancer in the first 12 months of the disease: a retrospective study

Abstract

Background: Breast cancer (BC) presents important physical and psychological challenges that should be appropriately addressed through continuous, integrated and individualized rehabilitation programs after treatment. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data from two archives of the Lazio Regional Health System Database to assess rehabilitation patterns in women diagnosed with BC in the Lazio region (Italy) in 2008.Results: Most patients (81.7%) received outpatient rehabilitative care, consisting mainly of pathology-related interventions and, more rarely, disability-related interventions (mainly motor rehabilitation and rarely cognitive or psychological therapy). Few patients followed an inpatient (1.3%) or an intensive outpatient rehabilitation program (1.0%).Conclusion: Women with BC need more adequate rehabilitation programs, which should focus more on psychosocial and cognitive interventions.

Efficiency of Medical Rehabilitation of Patients With Postmastectomic Syndrome at Sanatorial Stage

“…Начинать проведение комплекса реабилитационных мероприятий необходимо как можно раньше, в стационаре, и продолжать до улучшения и восстановления функций в амбулаторных условиях в течение 1 года после оперативного вмешательства [3]. Программа реабилитации должна быть максимально индивидуализирована, с использованием разнообразных методов реабилитации [1; 4] 3.…”