Table 1.

Demographic Data, Clinical Characteristics, and Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-C30) Pre-Intervention in the KT and PG Groups^a.

Variables	KT Group, Mean ± SD	PG Group, Mean ± SD	P
Demographic data
Number of patients	30	29	.85
Age (years)	54.3 ± 4.16	55.15 ± 3.27	.38
Height (cm)	167 ± 7.1	165 ± 8.3	.32
Weight (kg)	79.3 ± 7.4	78.5 ± 5.9	.64
BMI (kg/m2)	28.4 ± 2.7	29.1 ± 2.5	.30
Clinical characteristics
Duration after mastectomy (months)	7.6 ± 1.7	6.9 ± 1.4	.09
Sum of limb circumferences (cm)	177.5 ± 15.4	172.2 ± 17.3	.21
Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI)	75.8 ± 10.52	12.81 ± 73.4	.43
Handgrip strength (kg)	18.91 ± 4.27	5.31 ± 17.42	.24
Type of surgery (breast and axillary), n (%)
Breast surgery	5 (16.7%)	4 (13.8%)	.80
Breast surgery + axillary surgery	25 (83.3%)	25 (86.4%)	.89
Types of treatment, n (%)
Chemotherapy	17 (56.7%)	15 (51.7%)	.88
Chemotherapy + radiotherapy	13 (43.3%)	14 (48.3%)	.93
Lymphedema stages, n (%)
Stage II	21 (70.0%)	18 (62.1%)	.26
Stage III	9 (30.0%)	11 (37.9%)	.69
Quality of life (QLQ-C30 [EORTC])
Functional score
Physical score	64.4 ± 17.3	62.1 ± 15.8	.59
Role score	65.3 ± 21.7	64.7 ± 19.6	.91
Emotional score	52.6 ± 18.6	53.2 ± 15.4	.89
Cognitive score	61.5 ± 16.9	60.7 ± 17.5	.85
Social score	73.7 ± 22.4	74.5 ± 25.2	.89
Symptoms scores
Pain score	74.6 ± 27.5	71.2 ± 24.7	.61
Dyspnea score	79.4 ± 31.4	78.6 ± 29.5	.72
Fatigue score	72.8 ± 26.7	74.5 ± 28.7	.81
Appetite loss score	84.7 ± 18.6	83.2 ± 21.5	.77
Nausea/vomiting score	86.4 ± 16.2	84.9 ± 20.8	.75
Insomnia score	78.5 ± 28.7	76.7 ± 35.4	.74
Financial problem score	76.4 ± 26.8	74.7 ± 27.4	.69
Overall quality of life	42.4 ± 16.7	45.7 ± 18.3	.47

Abbreviations: KT, Kinesio taping; PG, pressure garment; EORTC, European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer.

^aData are presented as mean ± standard deviation; significance at P ≤ .05.