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Femke Steffensen

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Articles 7
Citations 15
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Related Specialties
Pulmonary Medicine
Allergy & Immunology
Top 10 Co-Authors
Douglas C Cowan
Helen Clare Ricketts
Varun Sharma
Duncan S Buchan
Anna Goodfellow
Rekha Chaudhuri
Naomi Brosnahan
Michael E J Lean
Lesley Slaughter
Elaine Mackay
Published In
J Asthma
Chest
Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol
BMC Pulm Med
J Asthma Allergy
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Recent Articles
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A 1-Year Weight Management Program for Difficult-to-Treat Asthma With Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Study
Sharma V, Ricketts H, McCombie L, Brosnahan N, Crawford L, Slaughter L, et al.
Chest . 2024 Oct; 167(1):42-53. PMID: 39427706
Background: Obesity-associated asthma results in increased morbidity and mortality. We report 1-year asthma outcomes with a weight management regimen, the Counterweight-Plus Programme (CWP), compared with usual care (UC) in a...
2.
Immediate and One-Year Outcomes of an Asthma-Tailored Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme in Overweight and Obese People with Difficult-to-Treat Asthma
Ricketts H, Sharma V, Steffensen F, Mackay E, MacDonald G, Buchan D, et al.
J Asthma Allergy . 2024 Sep; 17:911-928. PMID: 39346093
Introduction: Management of difficult-to-treat asthma is particularly challenging in people with elevated body mass index (BMI). Our randomised controlled trial of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) showed improved outcomes at 8 weeks....
3.
Accelerometer-derived sleep metrics in mild and difficult-to-treat asthma
Sharma V, Ricketts H, Steffensen F, Goodfellow A, Buchan D, Cowan D
Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol . 2024 Jan; 20(1):5. PMID: 38221641
Introduction: Poor sleep health is associated with increased asthma morbidity and mortality. Accelerometers have been validated to assess sleep parameters though studies using this method in patients with asthma are...
4.
A Total Diet Replacement Weight Management Program for Difficult-to-Treat Asthma Associated With Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial
Sharma V, Ricketts H, McCombie L, Brosnahan N, Crawford L, Slaughter L, et al.
Chest . 2023 Jan; 163(5):1026-1037. PMID: 36649753
Background: Obesity is often associated with uncontrolled, difficult-to-treat asthma and increased morbidity and mortality. Previous studies suggest that weight loss may improve asthma outcomes, but with heterogenous asthma populations studied...
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A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of tailored pulmonary rehabilitation in participants with difficult-to-control asthma and elevated body mass index
Ricketts H, Sharma V, Steffensen F, Goodfellow A, Mackay E, MacDonald G, et al.
BMC Pulm Med . 2022 Sep; 22(1):363. PMID: 36153525
Background: Difficult-to-control asthma associated with elevated body mass index (BMI) is challenging with limited treatment options. The effects of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in this population are uncertain. Methods: This is...
6.
Physical activity levels in asthma: relationship with disease severity, body mass index and novel accelerometer-derived metrics
Ricketts H, Buchan D, Steffensen F, Chaudhuri R, Baker J, Cowan D
J Asthma . 2022 Jul; 60(4):824-834. PMID: 35876843
Objectives: Patients with asthma may feel limited in physical activity (PA). Reduced PA has been demonstrated in asthmatics versus healthy controls, and increasing PA associated with improved asthma outcomes. Obesity...
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Obesity affects type 2 biomarker levels in asthma
Sharma V, Ricketts H, Steffensen F, Goodfellow A, Cowan D
J Asthma . 2022 Mar; 60(2):385-392. PMID: 35260034
Objective: Type 2 (T2) inflammation offers a therapeutic target for biologics. Previous trials suggest obesity influences T2-biomarker levels in asthma, though have not accounted for key variables, e.g. inhaled (ICS)/oral...