The Influence of Rehabilitation on Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Clinical Study.
Teresa PaolucciAristide SagginoFrancesco AgostiniMarco PaoloniAndrea BernettiMassimiliano MangoneValter SantilliRaoul SagginiMarco TommasiPublished in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2021)
The study evidenced that in the initial phase of the rehabilitation, psychological traits such as anxiety, depression, and preoccupation could have a strong association especially with the autonomous functions and the perceived physical symptoms. However, during the therapeutic process, this association decreased and these decrements were higher when patients performed their rehabilitation at home, in a more familiar and comfortable setting.