The Effect of Mobile-Based Care and Monitoring on Lymphatic Edema Management and Quality of Life in Breast Surgery

There is a lack of synthesized evidence focusing on the design and development of mobile applications targeting the care of patients with breast cancer. This gap will impede understanding of care through mobile applications and hinder digital health intervention strategies that support these patients. Considering the increasing needs of breast cancer patients, the magnitude of care burden, and the widespread use of mobile applications, increased studies are needed to improve care in this population. For this purpose, the mobile application to be developed in the project will include information that patients will need in the perioperative period, preoperative training, exercises to be done in the postoperative period, symptom management, nutrition and lifestyle content. Thus, it is thought that the mobile application will contribute to consultancy and care on issues such as patients' quality of life and symptom management.

Sex

Female

Minimum age

18 Years

Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years and over,
* Able to understand and speak Turkish,
* It is decided to undergo breast-conserving surgery or lymph node dissection,
* Using any of the social media applications (facebook, whatsapp, instagram)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having another health problem (amputation, visible scar, visible physical disability, etc.) that may affect body image
* Those with speech, hearing and vision problems
* Having a psychiatric diagnosis
* Having a disease that restricts the movement of the upper extremity (rheumatological diseases, fracture, health problem that will cause joint restriction, amputation, etc.).
* Never used the application

Study termination criteria;

* Discontinuation of communication with the patient before the data collection stages are completed
* Leaving work voluntarily