Table 3.

Comparison of clinical symptomatology for acute period or chronic period for women visiting and non-visiting physiotherapy from the total sample (n = 2235)

Total sample n = 2235	No visiting physiotherapist (n = 1826)	Visiting physiotherapist (n = 409)	Between-groups comparison (p-values)
Acute period, n (%)
Pain  Discomfort in daily activities  Arm pain  Difficulties to raise the arm  Swelling of the arm or hand  Chest pain  Chest swelling	719 (74.0%) 675 (74.6%) 870 (77.1%) 412 (74.9%) 577 (78.7%) 870 (80.7%) 340 (79.1%)	253 (26.0%) 230 (25.4%) 259 (22.9%) 138 (25.1%) 156 (21.3%) 208 (19.3%) 90 (20.9%)	< 0.001*
Chronic period, n (%)
Cervical pain  Low back pain  Tendinopathy  Arm pain  Lymphedema  Reduced arm strength  Reduced hand grip	357(72.7%) 526(76.7%) 210(69.5%) 357 (71.7%) 245(65.9%) 414(73.9%) 184 (70.5%)	134 (27.3%) 160 (23.3%) 92 (30.5%) 141 (28.3%) 127 (34.1%) 146 (26.1%) 77 (29.1%)	0.190 0.017  < .0.001*  < 0.001*  < 0.001* 0.011* 0.240 0.120