Background: Home oxygen therapy (HOT) improves survival in patients with hypoxaemic
chronic respiratory disease. Most patients evaluated for HOT are former or active smokers …

Rationale: Although there remains insufficient evidence regarding singing programs as
effective strategies for achieving clinically significant health outcomes, this non …

Background: Chronic breathlessness adversely impacts people with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease and their caregivers (family and friends), who may, in turn, experience …

Background Survival prediction is important in cancer patients receiving hospice care.
Palliative prognostic index (PPI) and palliative prognostic (PaP) scores have been used to …

Purpose Oxygen is commonly prescribed to patients with severe COPD. However, little is
known about the perspectives COPD patients, who do not yet use oxygen, have on this …

Introduction Persistent breathlessness (breathlessness persisting despite optimal treatment
for the underlying condition and resulting in disability) is a prevalent syndrome associated …

BACKGROUND: The influence of physical function of individuals on long-term oxygen
therapy (LTOT) on caregiver burden is underexplored. This study investigated the …

A syringe driver is a device used for administering medications subcutaneously to patients in
a range of healthcare settings (Dickman and Schneider, 2016). However, this device is most …

Background: Despite the lack of evidence to support the use of palliative oxygen to relieve
dyspnea at the end of life, its prescription is widespread and often supported by local and …

The number of people over the age of 65 years living with chronic diseases is exponentially
rising worldwide. In 2008, the World Health Organization estimated physicians diagnosed …