Introduction and objectives: Dyspnea is a commonly described symptom in various chronic
and acute conditions. Despite its frequency, relatively little is known about the prevalence …

Oxygen therapy is frequently prescribed for the palliation of breathlessness, despite lack of
evidence for its effectiveness in people who are not hypoxaemic. This study aimed to …

Background Most health service utilisation studies are of people with specific diagnoses or
demographic characteristics, and rarely of specific chronic symptoms. The aim of this study …

Background Evidence about the delays to diagnosis for patients presenting with
breathlessness is lacking. Aim To explore current care of patients with breathlessness …

Background Not being able to work has negative health, social and financial consequences.
Persisting breathlessness is prevalent in working-aged people. Is it associated with lower …

Introduction Breathlessness is debilitating and increases in prevalence with age, with
people progressively reducing their everyday activities to 'self-manage'it. This study aimed to …

Background Breathlessness that persists despite treatment of causal disease (s) is
disabling, associated with high therapy-related costs and poor socioeconomic outcomes …

Introduction Long-term breathlessness is more common with age. However, in the oldest old
(> 85 years), little is known about the prevalence, or impact of breathlessness. We estimated …

Purpose Despite data showing breathlessness to be more prevalent in older adults, we have
little detail about the severity or multidimensional characteristics of breathlessness and other …

There are no known estimates of the prevalence, severity and impacts from breathlessness
in low-and middle-income countries. This study aimed to explore the prevalence, severity …