People with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have distressing
physical and psychological symptoms, often have limited understanding of their disease …

What is the experience of people living with breathlessness due to medical conditions, those
caring for them and those treating them, with regard to quality of life and the nature of clinical …

Breathlessness that persists despite treatment for the underlying conditions is debilitating.
Identifying this discrete entity as a clinical syndrome should raise awareness amongst …

Das vorliegende Dokument ist eine Neufassung und Aktualisierung der Leitlinie zur
Diagnostik und Therapie von Patienten mit COPD, die die bisherige Version aus dem Jahr …

Introduction Understanding the breadth of patients' support needs is important for the
delivery of person-centered care, particularly in progressive long-term conditions such as …

Synthesis of qualitative studies is an emerging area that has been gaining more interest as
an important source of evidence for improving health care policy and practice. In the last …

Objectives To summarise and synthesise published qualitative studies to characterise
factors that shape patient and caregiver experiences of chronic heart failure (CHF), chronic …

Psychological distress is prevalent in people with COPD and relates to a worse course of
disease. It often remains unrecognised and untreated, intensifying the burden on patients …

Increasing evidence illustrates the direct and indirect influences of social dimensions on
health outcomes for people living with chronic respiratory disease. Although there is …

Background: Despite a fast-paced environment, the emergency clinician has a duty to meet
the palliative patient's needs. Despite suggested models and interventions, this remains …