Abstract：
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the foot-health-related quality of life in individuals with versus without lower-limb lymphedema.
METHODS: A case-control study was carried out in an academic clinic in Lisbon, Portugal. Eighty participants (40 controls and 40 with lymphedema) were included in the study. The researchers examined sociodemographic and clinical data and foot-health-related quality of life in both groups. In the group with lymphedema, lower-limb lymphedema was also characterized.
RESULTS: Individuals with lower-limb lymphedema had significantly lower scores on all dimensions of the Foot Health Status Questionnaire in comparison with the control group.
CONCLUSIONS: Individuals with lower-limb lymphedema appear to have a poorer foot-health-related quality of life than the general population.
METHODS: A case-control study was carried out in an academic clinic in Lisbon, Portugal. Eighty participants (40 controls and 40 with lymphedema) were included in the study. The researchers examined sociodemographic and clinical data and foot-health-related quality of life in both groups. In the group with lymphedema, lower-limb lymphedema was also characterized.
RESULTS: Individuals with lower-limb lymphedema had significantly lower scores on all dimensions of the Foot Health Status Questionnaire in comparison with the control group.
CONCLUSIONS: Individuals with lower-limb lymphedema appear to have a poorer foot-health-related quality of life than the general population.
摘要：
目的：评估下肢淋巴水肿患者与无下肢淋巴水肿患者的足部健康相关生活质量。
方法：在里斯本的一个学术诊所进行了病例对照研究，葡萄牙。80名参与者（40名对照和40名淋巴水肿患者）被纳入研究。研究人员检查了两组的社会人口统计学和临床数据以及与足部健康相关的生活质量。在淋巴水肿组中，下肢淋巴水肿也有特点。
结果：与对照组相比，患有下肢淋巴水肿的个体在足部健康状况问卷的所有维度上的得分均显着降低。
结论：下肢淋巴水肿患者的足部健康相关生活质量比一般人群差。
方法：在里斯本的一个学术诊所进行了病例对照研究，葡萄牙。80名参与者（40名对照和40名淋巴水肿患者）被纳入研究。研究人员检查了两组的社会人口统计学和临床数据以及与足部健康相关的生活质量。在淋巴水肿组中，下肢淋巴水肿也有特点。
结果：与对照组相比，患有下肢淋巴水肿的个体在足部健康状况问卷的所有维度上的得分均显着降低。
结论：下肢淋巴水肿患者的足部健康相关生活质量比一般人群差。
