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17)WITH THE POSSIBLE SELF-MANAGEMENT WITH SOME SELF-DAILY THERAPIES, MANUAL AND MECHANICAL.
18) THE MANAGEMENT PROJECT MUST INCLUDE, WHEN INDICATED, THE PSYCHO-SOCIAL SUPPORT TO THE PATIENT. FUNDAMENTAL IS THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MONITORING OF SUBJECT TO AVOID THE DEMORALIZING ABBANDON OF THERAPIES BY THE SAME PATIENT.
19) PERIODICAL CLINICAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONTROLS ARE BASIC.
20) TO MONITORIZE THE ILLNESS WE STUDIED THREE IMPORTANT PARAMETERS ON ONE HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN PATIENTS: THE AGE; THE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL AND THE ECONOMIC LEVEL
21) THESE ARE THE RESULTS: REGARDING THE AVERAGE DECREASE OF VOLUME WE OBSERVED BEST RESULTS IN YOUNG PATIENTS.
22) THE SAME CULTURAL LEVEL IS INCIDING ON THE MONITORING.
23) BUT VERY IMPORTANT IS ALSO THE ECONOMIC CONDITION OF PATIENT THAT DETERMINES THE FINAL
CLINICAL RESULTS.
24) AND THESE ARE THE TOTAL RESULTS CONSIDERING THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS.
25) I WOULD LIKE TO STRESS, ONCE AGAIN, THE CONCEPT OF INFORMATION OF PATIENT. BECAUSE OWING
TO INFORMATIONS SHORTAGE AND UNSATISFIED CLINICAL RESULTS FAMILY CONSULTS MORE AND MORE CENTRES WITH THE AIM TO RECEIVE A DEFINITIVE RESULTS. NATURAL CONSEQUENCES OF THIS IS: TRUST LOSS, TREATMENT REFUSE AND CONFUSION IN THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION.
26) ALL THE ACTUAL STUDIES CONFIRM US THAT THE PATIENT COMPLIANCE TO THE DEFINITIVE ELASTIC GARMENT IS THE MOSTI IMPORTANT PREDICTIVE FACTOR AND PROGNOSTIC FACTOR.
27) TO CONCLUDE: BEST RESULTS IN LYMPHOEDEMA MANAGEMENT ARE OBTEINED FROM THE COMPLETE ADESION BY THE SUBJECT TO THE REHABILITATIVE PROJECT; IN FINAL RESULTS ARE INCIDING THE AGE OF PATIENT AND THE ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL LEVEL. FUNDAMENTAL IS A VERY CLEAR INFORMATION.