Development of the educational program for assessment skill and nursing practice skill training of lymphedema

本研究的目的是确定护士和乳腺癌患者淋巴水肿护理的知识、认识和实施。向383名护士、526名乳腺癌患者（共909名护士和患者）发放自我导向问卷。问卷由两部分组成；一个是由研究人员创建的测量对淋巴水肿的认识，另一个是Sakuda的淋巴水肿知识量表。结果，共630名受试者（69%应答率）被分析为有效数据。结果显示，70%以上的护士对干预淋巴水肿感到困难，且大多数护士对干预淋巴水肿的知识不足。

The purpose of this study was to define the knowledge, recognition and the implementation of a care for lymphedema in nurses and breast cancer patients.A self-oriented questionnaire was delivered to 383 nurses, 526 breast cancer patients(a total of 909 nurses and patients). The questionnaire consisted of two parts; one wascreated by the researchers measuring recognition about lymphedema, and the other one was the Sakuda’s scale of lymphedema knowledge. As a result, a total of 630 (69% response rate) subjects were analyzed as valid data. Results indicated that the subjects of 70 percent or more of nurses felt difficult to intervene lymphedema, and most of them mentioned insufficient knowledge about lymphedema interventions.