Exploring the Experience of Breathlessness with the Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CSM).

ABSTRACT: Chronic breathlessness is a multidimensional, unpleasant symptom common to many health conditions. The Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CSM) was developed to help understand how individuals make sense of their illness. This model has been underused in the study of breathlessness, especially in considering how information sources are integrated within an individual's cognitive and emotional representations of breathlessness. This descriptive qualitative study explored breathlessness beliefs, expectations, and language preferences of people experiencing chronic breathlessness using the CSM. Twenty-one community-dwelling individuals living with varying levels of breathlessness-related impairment were purposively recruited. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with questions reflect

SUBMITTER: Johnston KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10298602 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature