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

Table 4

Single-factor analysis of the influence of sociodemographic data and medical history data of patients with BCRL on adherence to CDT (N = 158).

Variable	n	± s	t/F
Sociodemographic data
Age (year)^△			3.165	0.045
①<45	45	90.69 ± 20.32
②45∼59	70	98.86 ± 17.60
③60∼	43	98.60 ± 16.80
②>① ③>①
Education level^△			4.301	0.015
①Junior high school and below	34	88.44 ± 18.01
②High school/secondary technical school	38	97.97 ± 18.27
③College and above	86	98.97 ± 18.03
②>① ③>①
Marital status^&			−2.049	0.042
Unmarried/divorced/widowed	17	87.88 ± 18.70
Married	141	97.50 ± 18.23
Number of children^△			4.105	0.018
①0	8	84.75 ± 12.88
②1	96	94.69 ± 19.88
③2∼	54	101.35 ± 15.10
③>① ③>②
Employment status^&			−0.039	0.969
Employed	92	96.41 ± 17.98
Unemployed	66	96.53 ± 19.25
Family residence^&			−0.485	0.628
Urban	143	96.23 ± 17.95
Rural	15	98.67 ± 23.40
Per capita monthly income (Chinese yuan)^△			0.161	0.852
<5000	66	97.39 ± 20.10
5000∼9999	57	95.51 ± 17.50
10000∼	35	96.26 ± 17.12
Type of medical expense payment^△			0.050	0.952
Own expense	10	97.70 ± 15.09
Medical insurance	131	96.50 ± 18.76
Public expense	17	95.41 ± 18.84
Medical history data
Surgical methods for breast cancer^&			0.987	0.325
Axillary lymph node dissection	152	96.75 ± 18.63
Sentinel lymph node biopsy	6	89.17 ± 12.25
Whether the operation is combined with radiotherapy/chemotherapy^&			2.671	0.008
Yes	139	97.88 ± 18.53
No	19	86.05 ± 14.52
Course of lymphedema (year)^&			1.530	0.128
<1	56	99.48 ± 19.97
1∼	102	94.80 ± 17.45
Total duration of CDT (year)^&			2.098	0.038
<1	65	100.11 ± 19.51
1∼	93	93.91 ± 17.34
Maintenance duration of CDT (year)^&			2.066	0.041
<1	70	99.83 ± 18.98
1∼	88	93.78 ± 17.68
Location of lymphedema^△			3.886	0.023
①Left upper limb only	71	93.04 ± 19.16
②Right upper limb only	75	100.64 ± 17.07
③Others	12	90.58 ± 18.32
②>①
Self-perceived lymphedema severity^△			0.266	0.770
Mild	81	97.09 ± 18.08
Moderate	59	95.80 ± 20.24
Severe	18	95.83 ± 14.39
Number of lymphedema symptoms^△			3.219	0.043
①1	46	93.04 ± 21.46
②2∼8	104	96.89 ± 16.80
③9∼	8	110.50 ± 15.05
③>① ③>②
Whether or not with other diseases^&			0.017	0.987
Yes	46	96.50 ± 17.90
No	112	96.45 ± 18.76
BMI (kg/m^2)^△			0.582	0.628
<18.5	5	100.20 ± 12.11
18.5∼	86	95.13 ± 19.14
24.0∼	49	99.04 ± 18.23
28.0	18	94.78 ± 17.56

Note. ^&Two independent samples t-test, ^△single-factor analysis of variance; ; ; significant results are presented in bold.