Efficacy of a 4-Week Nurse-Led Exercise Rehabilitation Program in Improving the Quality of Life in Women Receiving a Post-Mastectomy Reconstruction Using the Motiva Ergonomix TM Round SilkSurface

Jung Joong Kang, Hyunho Lee, Bom Hui Park, Yu Kwan Song, Soon Eun Park, Robert Kim and Kyung Ah Lee ()
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Jung Joong Kang: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Booboo Medical Healthcare Hospital, Mokpo 58655, Republic of Korea
Hyunho Lee: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan 44033, Republic of Korea
Bom Hui Park: Department of Medical Device Management and Research, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 06355, Republic of Korea
Yu Kwan Song: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chung Ju Mirae Hospital, Chungju 27361, Republic of Korea
Soon Eun Park: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan 44033, Republic of Korea
Robert Kim: Department of Medical and Pharmaceutical Affairs, Doctor CONSULT, Seoul 06296, Republic of Korea
Kyung Ah Lee: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, 875 Haeun-daero, Busan 48108, Republic of Korea

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 20, issue 1, 1-20

Abstract: We assessed the efficacy of a 4-week nurse-led exercise rehabilitation (ER) program in improving the quality of life (QOL) of breast cancer survivors (BCS) receiving an implant-based breast reconstruction. The eligible patients were equally randomized to either of both groups: the intervention group ( n = 30; a 4-week nurse-led ER program) and the control group ( n = 30; a 4-week physical therapist-supervised one). Both after a 4-week ER program and at baseline, the patients were evaluated for the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30) and Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) scores. There was a significantly higher degree of increase in global health status/QOL scores, physical functioning scores, role functioning scores, and emotional functioning scores at 4 weeks from baseline in the intervention group as compared with the control group ( p = 0.001). However, there was a significantly higher degree of decrease in fatigue scores, nausea/vomiting scores, pain scores, dyspnea scores, and FSS scores in the intervention group as compared with the control group ( p = 0.001). In conclusion, our results indicate that a 4-week nurse-led ER program might be effective in the QOL in BCS receiving a post-mastectomy implant-based reconstruction using the Motiva Ergonomix TM Round SilkSurface.

Keywords: breast neoplasms; mastectomy; breast implants; mammaplasty; exercise (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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