Return to Activities of Daily Living after Breast Cancer Surgery: An Observational Prospective Questionnaire-Based Study of Patients Undergoing Mastectomy with or without Immediate Reconstruction

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Theme</td><td class="align_center">Activity</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="3">Personal hygiene</td><td class="align_center">Getting in bath unassisted</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Getting out of bath unassisted</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Brushing your hair</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="3">Transportation and shopping</td><td class="align_center">Socialise outside the house</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Driving</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Doing your own shopping</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="5">Managing household</td><td class="align_center">Vacuum the house</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Lifting a kettle</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Pick up child from floor</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Climb the stairs</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Gardening</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="3">Fitness</td><td class="align_center">Perform the postoperative exercises comfortably</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Return to playing sports/gym</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Wear a usual bra</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Work</td><td class="align_center">Return to work</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>List of activities of daily living used in the questionnaire.</div>

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Table 1: Return to Activities of Daily Living after Breast Cancer Surgery: An Observational Prospective Questionnaire-Based Study of Patients Undergoing Mastectomy with or without Immediate Reconstruction 

Table 1 | Return to Activities of Daily Living after Breast Cancer Surgery: An Observational Prospective Questionnaire-Based Study of Patients Undergoing Mastectomy with or without Immediate Reconstruction 