The application of feedback-based education based on social cognitive theory in postoperative rehabilitation of breast cancer

Objective To explore the efficacy of feedback-based education based on social cognitive theory in the postoperative rehabilitation of breast cancer patients.Methods Patients who underwent modified radical mastectomy at the Second Department of General Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University between January 2021 and January 2024 were included and divided into the feedback intervention group (feedback-based education intervention combined with routine nursing care) and the control group (routine nursing care only). Baseline characteristics, upper limb lymphedema, postoperative rehabilitation parameters, rehabilitation exercise compliance, nursing satisfaction, and postoperative complications were collected and compared between the two groups after 14 days of intervention.Results A total of 234 patients were enrolled, with 117 patients in each group. The baseline characteristics between two groups were comparable. After 14 days of intervention, the feedback group showed significantly lower upper limb circumference difference and scores of Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) compared to the control group (P