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 …

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 …

Context Breathlessness is common in chronic conditions but often goes unidentified by
clinicians. It is important to understand how identification and assessment of breathlessness …

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 …

No studies during the review period had directly compared experienced breathlessness and
recalled breathlessness. Several factors were related to either experienced breathlessness …

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 …

Background and objective Chronic respiratory symptoms (in particular, breathlessness and
cough) can cause physical, social and emotional distress, and may indicate the presence of …

Introduction Breathlessness is common in the general population and associated with
poorer health. Prevalence, frequencies and overlap of underlying contributing conditions …

Introduction: There is no universally accepted measurement scale to assess breathlessness
in adult palliative care patients. This significantly hampers clinical practice and research into …

Background: Despite the high prevalence and impact of episodic breathlessness,
information about characteristics and patterns is scarce. Aim: To explore the experience of …