Contributions of a hand-held fan to self-management of chronic breathlessness

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Luckett, Tim ^a   Phillips, Jane ^a   Johnson, Miriam J ^b   Farquhar, Morag ^c   Swan, Flavia ^b   Assen, Teresa ^a   Bhattarai, Priyanka ^a   Booth, Sara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COOLING; DYSPNEA; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HAND HELD FAN; HOME OXYGEN THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX; THERAPY EFFECT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SELF CONTROL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DYSPNEA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SELF-CONTROL; SELF-MANAGEMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85027831665     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00262-2017     Document Type: Article

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