|
CB group (n=14) |
CB/SLD group (n=10) |
|
|
Mean±SD |
Mean±SD |
p* |
Q-DASH |
|
|
|
Pretreatment |
54.4±20.2 |
55.7±16.2 |
0.868 |
At the end of the treatment |
35.7±13.1 |
34.8±17.5 |
0.932 |
Six months after the treatment |
27.7±9.5 |
28.6±9.7 |
0.831 |
p** |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
|
SF-36 PCS |
|
|
|
Pretreatment |
39.6±7.4 |
33.7±11.0 |
0.127 |
At the end of the treatment |
48.1±12.4 |
41.5±9.4 |
0.174 |
Six months after the treatment |
57.9±15.2 |
63.9±17.6 |
0.380 |
p** |
0.004 |
<0.001 |
|
SF-36 MCS |
|
|
|
Pretreatment |
52.2±11.8 |
55.8±10.9 |
0.934 |
At the end of the treatment |
63.3±13.0 |
56.3±9.2 |
0.159 |
Six months after the treatment |
68.1±11.3 |
70.6±14.9 |
0.653 |
p** |
0.003 |
0.003 |
|
HADS-A |
|
|
|
Pretreatment |
6.1±4.7 |
4.9±3.4 |
0.486 |
At the end of the treatment |
4.6±2.9 |
4.2±3.7 |
0.746 |
Six months after the treatment |
4.7±2.1 |
3.4±2.4 |
0.741 |
p** |
0.082 |
0.333 |
|
HADS-D |
|
|
|
Pretreatment |
4.1±3.5 |
4.9±4.6 |
0.625 |
At the end of the treatment |
3.1±2.4 |
4.2±4.8 |
0.463 |
Six months after the treatment |
1.9±1.8 |
2.0±1.5 |
0.841 |
p** |
0.087 |
0.053 |
|
Q-DASH: Quick Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder and Hand; SF-36: Short form-36; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; CB: Compression bandage; SLD: Self lymphatic drainage; SD: Standard deviation; PCS: Physical Component Summary; MCS: Mental Component Summary; HADS-A: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety; HADS-D: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale- Depression; * Inter-group analysis, ** Intra-group analysis. |