“This illness diminishes me. What it does is like theft”: A qualitative meta‐synthesis of people's experiences of living with asthma

K Pickles, D Eassey, HK Reddel, L Locock… - Health …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background What matters to people in their everyday experiences of living with asthma is
influenced by a diverse range of personal, social, medical and environmental factors …

Stress, mindfulness, and the allergic patient

GD Marshall, MT Tull - Expert Review of Clinical Immunology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The global incidence and prevalence of allergic diseases are increasing as is
the intensity and duration of excessive psychological stress due to multiple factors …

Patient preferences for asthma management: a qualitative study

C Baggott, A Chan, S Hurford, J Fingleton, R Beasley… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Preference for asthma management and the use of medications is motivated by
the interplay between lived experiences of asthma and patients' attitudes towards …

Indoor air problems and experiences of injustice in the workplace: A quantitative and a qualitative study

E Finell, T Seppälä - Indoor Air, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study explores subjective injustice experiences of individuals suffering from suspected
or observed indoor air problems in their workplaces in two studies. We focus on injustice …

The impact of asthma exacerbations and preventive strategies

LRM Graham, N Eid - Current medical research and opinion, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: To review the pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying asthma exacerbations,
the impact of exacerbations, and both current and future treatment strategies to establish …

Drawing asthma: An exploration of patients' perceptions and experiences

MMY Cheung, B Saini, L Smith - Journal of Asthma, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: As an art form, drawings can facilitate the tangible expression of patients' inner
images and feelings in a range of health conditions. However, there are currently no …

“The brain is such a delicate thing”: An exploration of fear and seizures among young people with epilepsy

S Ryan, U Räisänen - Chronic illness, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Epilepsy is a condition where pathology, diverse manifestations and attached social
understandings contribute to an emotional experience unlike many other chronic conditions …

The relationship between asthma and self-reported anxiety in a predominantly healthy adult population

E Gada, DA Khan, LF DeFina, ES Brown - Annals of Allergy, Asthma & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Numerous studies involving patients with severe asthma have cited a relation
between asthma and anxiety; this relation is responsible for decreased quality of life …

Adult-onset asthma, allergy, and aspirin hypersensitivity associate with self-reported food avoidance

M Lundberg, H Voutilainen, A Lyly… - European Clinical …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background The adoption of avoidance diets by adult-onset asthmatics has not previously
been studied. We hypothesized that avoidance diets would associate with adult-onset …

The Effect of Playing Blowing Balloon Therapy to Changes in Lung Function in Preschool Children (3–5 Years Old) with Asthma

S Sumartini, B Somantri, TA Suparto… - … Conference on Sport …, 2020 - atlantis-press.com
Asthma disease in Indonesia based on national prevalence in children 4.5%. One therapy
for asthma is pursed lips breathing or with playing blowing balloons therapy. This study aims …