The Breathing, Thinking, Functioning clinical model: a proposal to facilitate evidence-based breathlessness management in chronic respiratory disease.
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Authors
Booth, Sara
Moffat, Catherine
Hurst, Rhys
Chin, Chloe
Burkin, Julie
Publication Date
2017-04-21Journal Title
NPJ Prim Care Respir Med
ISSN
2055-1010
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
27
Issue
1
Pages
27
Language
eng
Type
Article
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VoR
Physical Medium
Electronic
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Spathis, A., Booth, S., Moffat, C., Hurst, R., Ryan, R., Chin, C., & Burkin, J. (2017). The Breathing, Thinking, Functioning clinical model: a proposal to facilitate evidence-based breathlessness management in chronic respiratory disease.. NPJ Prim Care Respir Med, 27 (1), 27. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-017-0024-z
Abstract
Refractory breathlessness is a highly prevalent and distressing symptom in advanced chronic respiratory disease. Its intensity is not reliably predicted by the severity of lung pathology, with unhelpful emotions and behaviours inadvertently exacerbating and perpetuating the problem. Improved symptom management is possible if clinicians choose appropriate non-pharmacological approaches, but these require engagement and commitment from both patients and clinicians. The Breathing Thinking Functioning clinical model is a proposal, developed from current evidence, that has the potential to facilitate effective symptom control, by providing a rationale and focus for treatment.
Keywords
Humans, Respiratory Tract Diseases, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Dyspnea, Heart Diseases, Chronic Disease, Evidence-Based Medicine, Delivery of Health Care, Self-Management
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-017-0024-z
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/287248
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