Health Sciences Review (Sep 2024)

Best Evidence for exercise management to prevent lymphedema in patients with breast cancer

  • Chen Shufang,
  • Wu Sijing,
  • Kuang Yingdie,
  • Xie Zhuoxian

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12
p. 100178

Abstract

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In order to provide nursing staff with optimal exercise interventions for preventing lymphedema in patients with breast cancer, the AGREE II score, the systematic review tool, the literature evaluation criteria and the evidence grading system of the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Center for Evidence-Based Health Care were used to evaluate the included Based on the guidelines, systematic reviews, and expert consensus, 6 people independently evaluated the quality of the literature, and combined with the judgment of personnel with relevant evidence-based nursing knowledge, the qualified literature was evaluated and the evidence grade was assessed. The included research documents are 2 relevant evidence summaries; 1 guideline; 1 expert consensus; 16 systematic reviews, ranging from exercise contraindications, pre-exercise assessment and testing, exercise intensity, exercise safety, exercise programs, precautions, Eight aspects of health education were summarized and analyzed. This article summarizes the exercise intervention measures and management experience for preventing lymphedema in breast cancer patients, providing a basis for nursing staff to guide breast cancer patients to implement exercise intervention measures, thereby effectively preventing the occurrence of lymphedema.

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