The importance of the feasibility study: Lessons from a study of the hand-held fan used to relieve dyspnea in people who are breathless at rest

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 504-509

  Booth, Sara ^a,b   Galbraith, Sarah ^b   Ryan, Richella ^b   Parker, Richard A ^c   Johnson, Miriam ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breathlessness; Dyspnea; effect size; feasibility; hand held fan; outcome

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHLESSNESS INTENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL DEVICE; HAND HELD FAN; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SCORING SYSTEM; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AIR CONDITIONING; DEVICES; HOSPICE; HOSPITALIZATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DYSPNEA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; VENTILATION;

EID: 84964925870     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216315607180     Document Type: Article

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