Cutting Through Complexity: the Breathing, Thinking, Functioning Clinical Model is an Educational Tool That Facilitates Chronic Breathlessness Management

Overview

Journal NPJ Prim Care Respir Med

Specialties Public Health
Pulmonary Medicine

Date 2021 May 11

PMID 33972569

Citations 4

Authors

Anna Spathis

Julie Burkin

Catherine Moffat

Rachel Tuffnell

Stephen Barclay

Jonathan Mant

Sara Booth

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Abstract

Chronic breathlessness is a distressing symptom that is challenging to manage. The Breathing, Thinking, Functioning clinical model is an educational tool developed to support breathlessness management. Health professionals report that the model increases clinician and patient understanding of this complex symptom, and provides a simple and structured approach to personalised self-management.

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