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Breathlessness clinics within specialist palliative care settings can improve the quality of life and functional capacity of patients with lung cancer

Palliative medicine, 2003-07, Vol.17 (5), p.410-417 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2003 INIST-CNRS ;2003 SAGE Publications ;ISSN: 0269-2163 ;EISSN: 1477-030X ;DOI: 10.1191/0269216303pm752oa ;PMID: 12882259

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Title:
Breathlessness clinics within specialist palliative care settings can improve the quality of life and functional capacity of patients with lung cancer
Author: Hately, Juliet ; Laurence, Virginia ; Scott, Ann ; Baker, Roger ; Thomas, Peter
Subjects: Aged ; Ambulatory Care Facilities ; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy ; Biological and medical sciences ; Breathing Exercises ; Breathlessness ; Clinical death. Palliative care. Organ gift and preservation ; Dyspnea - etiology ; Dyspnea - physiopathology ; Dyspnea - rehabilitation ; England ; Female ; Functional performance ; Humans ; Lung cancer ; Lung Neoplasms - complications ; Lung Neoplasms - physiopathology ; Male ; Medical sciences ; Outpatient clinics ; Palliative care ; Palliative Care - methods ; Patient Satisfaction ; Patients ; Poole ; Quality of Life ; Treatment ; Treatment Outcome
Is Part Of: Palliative medicine, 2003-07, Vol.17 (5), p.410-417
Description: This paper is a development on recent research that proved the value of nonpharmacological techniques and strategies in the management of breathlessness in lung cancer. It evaluates the intervention in a specialist palliative care setting using an outpatient clinic at Lewis-Manning House. Referrals were made by the patients' physician or specialist nurse. Patients (n=30) were assessed and treated by the senior physiotherapist in charge of the clinic over three sessions. A number of outcomes were measured at various stages of the patients' treatment. The results have confirmed and strengthened the previous published results. Highly significant improvements in patients' breathlessness, functional capacity, activity levels and distress levels have been shown. For example, the percentage of patients experiencing breathlessness several times or more per day was reduced from 73% to 27% four weeks later. In addition, this project has been able to demonstrate significant improvements in quality of life and high levels of satisfaction with the interventions. Qualitative data enhanced the findings of objective measurements.
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0269-2163
EISSN: 1477-030X
DOI: 10.1191/0269216303pm752oa
PMID: 12882259
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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Breathlessness clinics within specialist palliative care settings can improve the quality of life and functional capacity of patients with lung cancer

2003 INIST-CNRS ;2003 SAGE Publications ;ISSN: 0269-2163 ;EISSN: 1477-030X ;DOI: 10.1191/0269216303pm752oa ;PMID: 12882259

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