aStage of lymphoedema is taken from Dreyer et al. [22], who identify up to 7 stages. Stages 6 and 7 are more extreme than stage 5 and were not encountered in patients in this study.
Data are number (percentage).* Of the original 75 patients accrued, 3 discontinued the survey without providing any consistent, logical responses. Qualitative exploration by the interviewer revealed t
