Table 3.

Scores on the dimensions of knowledge of lymphedema prevention in both groups of patients.

Item	Group	E0	E1	E3	E6	Ftimea	Fgroupa	Finteractiona
Avoid injury to the affected limb	Control group	4.30 ​± ​1.30	6.17 ​± ​1.54	5.43 ​± ​1.74	5.47 ​± ​2.32	168.976	338.870	69.308
	Intervention group	4.69 ​± ​1.45	12.54 ​± ​1.95	11.25 ​± ​2.86	10.79 ​± ​2.90
	t	−1.380	−17.688	−12.010	−9.861
	P	0.171	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Skin care	Control group	0.21 ​± ​0.62	4.98 ​± ​1.66	4.83 ​± ​1.97	4.40 ​± ​1.90	742.428	42.878	125.904
	Intervention group	0.17 ​± ​0.78	8.00 ​± ​0.72	7.60 ​± ​11.38	6.94 ​± ​2.82
	t	0.318	−11.471	−7.934	−5.878
	P	0.752	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Lifestyle	Control group	1.43 ​± ​1.35	5.11 ​± ​1.67	5.09 ​± ​1.98	4.38 ​± ​2.00	259.748	216.855	41.694
	Intervention group	1.15 ​± ​1.29	9.88 ​± ​1.21	8.58 ​± ​2.06	8.67 ​± ​2.52
	t	1.034	−16.019	−8.441	−9.172
	P	0.304	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Promotes the return of lymphatic fluid	Control group	1.34 ​± ​0.92	5.49 ​± ​2.23	5.40 ​± ​1.93	4.15 ​± ​1.59	359.602	188.059	54.639
	Intervention group	1.04 ​± ​1.03	8.65 ​± ​2.57	10.31 ​± ​2.75	9.27 ​± ​3.36
	t	1.493	−6.391	−10.078	−9.524
	P	0.139	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

E₀: pre-intervention; E₁: post-intervention month 1; E₃: post-intervention month 3; E₆: post-intervention month 6.

^aGreenhouse-Geisser correction; t: Independent samples t test.