A Mixed-Methods, Randomized, Controlled Feasibility Trial to Inform the Design of a Phase III Trial to Test the Effect of the Handheld Fan on Physical Activity and Carer Anxiety in Patients with Refractory Breathlessness

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 807-815

  Johnson, Miriam J ^a   Booth, Sara ^b   Currow, David C ^c   Lam, Lawrence T ^d   Phillips, Jane L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

fan; Key Words Breathlessness; nonpharmacological; palliative care; RCT; semistructured interviews

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR AND AIR RELATED PHENOMENA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE SELF EFFICACY SCALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HANDHELD FAN; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTORY BREATHLESSNESS; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SELF CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REHABILITATION;

AGED; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF-MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84958580653     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.11.026     Document Type: Article

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