Prevalence of dyspnea in general adult populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Müller, T Mraz, EFM Wouters, SMJ van Kuijk… - Respiratory …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Perspectives on palliative oxygen for breathlessness: systematic review and meta-synthesis

S Kochovska, DH Ferreira, MV Garcia… - European …, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
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 …

Health service utilisation associated with chronic breathlessness: random population sample

DC Currow, S Chang, M Ekström… - ERJ open …, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
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 …

Diagnostic delays for breathlessness in primary care: a qualitative study to investigate current care and inform future pathways

GE Doe, MT Williams, S Chantrell, MC Steiner… - British Journal of …, 2023 - bjgp.org
Background Evidence about the delays to diagnosis for patients presenting with
breathlessness is lacking. Aim To explore current care of patients with breathlessness …

[HTML][HTML] Lower workforce participation is associated with more severe persisting breathlessness

J Clark, S Chang, I Kinchin, D Ferreira… - BMC pulmonary …, 2022 - Springer
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 …

Persisting breathlessness and activities reduced or ceased: a population study in older men

S Kochovska, D Currow, S Chang… - BMJ open …, 2022 - bmjopenrespres.bmj.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] BREATHLEssness in INDIA (BREATHE-INDIA)–Study protocol for the co-design of a community breathlessness intervention in India using realist methods …

J Clark, N Salins, M Pearson, A Spathis, DC Currow… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Breathlessness that persists despite treatment of causal disease (s) is
disabling, associated with high therapy-related costs and poor socioeconomic outcomes …

Breathlessness limiting exertion in very old adults: findings from the Newcastle 85+ study

MJ Johnson, L Pitel, DC Currow, C Forbes… - Age and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
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 …

VAScular and Chronic Obstructive Lung disease (VASCOL): a longitudinal study on morbidity, symptoms and quality of life among older men in Blekinge county …

M Olsson, G Engström, DC Currow, M Johnson… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence, severity and impacts of breathlessness in Indian adults: An exploratory, nationally representative, cross-sectional online survey

S Kochovska, R Iyer, S Chang, D Ferreira… - PLOS Global Public …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
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 …