Factors Associated with Adherence to Complete Decongestion Therapy in Women with Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema

Table 3

Disease knowledge and health belief scores of patients with BCRL and their correlation with CDT adherence (N = 158).

Variable	Total score and score of each dimension ( ± s)	Average score of items ( ± s)	Correlation with CDT adherence (r)
Disease knowledge	22.08 ± 6.34	0.69 ± 0.20	0.328
Basic knowledge of CDT	3.85 ± 1.40	0.77 ± 0.28	0.290
Knowledge related to manual lymphatic drainage	3.23 ± 1.47	0.65 ± 0.29	0.172
Knowledge related to pressure treatment	3.44 ± 1.78	0.57 ± 0.30	0.215
Knowledge related to functional exercise	4.89 ± 1.16	0.82 ± 0.19	0.318
Knowledge related to skin care	2.76 ± 1.31	0.55 ± 0.26	0.246
Knowledge related to risk factor avoidance	3.91 ± 1.18	0.78 ± 0.24	0.299
Health belief	170.82 ± 30.48	3.56 ± 0.64	0.604
Personal health belief	35.08 ± 7.86	3.51 ± 0.79	0.579
Feeling capable of implementation	24.86 ± 5.09	3.55 ± 0.73	0.564
Feeling controlled	21.86 ± 4.36	3.64 ± 0.73	0.549
Feeling resourceful	45.26 ± 9.20	3.23 ± 0.66	0.532
Feeling threatened	37.49 ± 8.97	3.41 ± 0.82	0.206

Note. ; ; r = 0.1∼0.3 is a weak correlation, 0.3∼0.5 is a medium correlation, and 0.5∼1.0 is a strong correlation.