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Psychosocial impact of lymphoedema |
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| Impact |
Number |
Percent |
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| Interference with selected activities |
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| Occupation (n = 167) |
87 |
52.1 |
| Education (n = 5) |
5 |
100.0 |
| Religious activities (n = 413) |
65 |
15.7 |
| Leisure activities (n = 413) |
30 |
7.2 |
| Attending social gatherings (n = 413) |
77 |
18.6 |
| Difficulties in interacting with categories of society |
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| Family (n = 413) |
24 |
5.8 |
| Friends (n = 413) |
30 |
7.3 |
| Work mates (n = 167) |
34 |
20.4 |
| Community (n = 413) |
104 |
25.2 |
| Patients' feelings regarding the swollen limbα β |
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| Feeling shy |
82 |
33.3 |
| Severely restricting daily activities |
70 |
28.5 |
| Social stigma |
71 |
28.9 |
| Perceived as major problem affecting their lives |
152 |
61.8 |
| Depressed |
21 |
8.5 |
| Fear of elephantiasis |
18 |
7.3 |
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α an individual could have specified more than 1 feeling β Percent calculated among the 246 patients who stated that the swollen limb was a problem to them | ||
Wijesinghe et al. Filaria Journal 2007 6:4 doi:10.1186/1475-2883-6-4 |
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