To what causes do people attribute their chronic breathlessness? A population survey

MJ Johnson, JA Bowden, AP Abernethy… - Journal of palliative …, 2012 - liebertpub.com
Objective: Chronic breathlessness is a daily experience for millions of people, despite
current therapies. The objective of this study was to find out to what people attributed their …

Activities forgone because of chronic breathlessness: a cross-sectional population prevalence study

S Kochovska, S Chang, DD Morgan… - Palliative Medicine …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Background: Chronic breathlessness is a prevalent disabling syndrome affecting many
people for years. Identifying the impact of chronic breathlessness on people's activities in the …

[HTML][HTML] Identification and assessment of breathlessness in clinical practice: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

HL Elliott-Button, MJ Johnson, U Nwulu… - Journal of pain and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Context Breathlessness is common in chronic conditions but often goes unidentified by
clinicians. It is important to understand how identification and assessment of breathlessness …

[HTML][HTML] Episodic and continuous breathlessness: a new categorization of breathlessness

ST Simon, IJ Higginson, H Benalia, M Gysels… - Journal of pain and …, 2013 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: Unlike pain, where the concept of breakthrough and background pain has been
widely characterized and defined, breathlessness as a symptom has not yet been fully …

Differences between experienced and recalled breathlessness: a review

J Sandberg, M Ekström - … opinion in supportive and palliative care, 2019 - journals.lww.com
No studies during the review period had directly compared experienced breathlessness and
recalled breathlessness. Several factors were related to either experienced breathlessness …

[HTML][HTML] The lived experience of breathlessness and its implications for care: a qualitative comparison in cancer, COPD, heart failure and MND

MH Gysels, IJ Higginson - BMC palliative care, 2011 - Springer
Background Breathlessness is one of the core symptoms, particularly persistent and
frequent, towards the end of life. There is no evidence of how the experience of …

Prevalence and burden of breathlessness in Australian adults: The National Breathlessness Survey—a cross‐sectional web‐based population survey

LM Poulos, RD Ampon, DC Currow, GB Marks… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and objective Chronic respiratory symptoms (in particular, breathlessness and
cough) can cause physical, social and emotional distress, and may indicate the presence of …

Underlying contributing conditions to breathlessness among middle-aged individuals in the general population: a cross-sectional study

J Sandberg, M Ekström, M Börjesson… - BMJ Open …, 2020 - bmjopenrespres.bmj.com
Introduction Breathlessness is common in the general population and associated with
poorer health. Prevalence, frequencies and overlap of underlying contributing conditions …

Which measurement scales should we use to measure breathlessness in palliative care? A systematic review

S Dorman, A Byrne, A Edwards - Palliative Medicine, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: There is no universally accepted measurement scale to assess breathlessness
in adult palliative care patients. This significantly hampers clinical practice and research into …

Episodes of breathlessness: types and patterns–a qualitative study exploring experiences of patients with advanced diseases

ST Simon, IJ Higginson, H Benalia… - Palliative …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Despite the high prevalence and impact of episodic breathlessness,
information about characteristics and patterns is scarce. Aim: To explore the experience of …