Low-intensity educational interventions supporting self-management to improve outcomes related to chronic breathlessness: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Chronic breathlessness is debilitating and frightening, often resulting in emergency department presentations with acute-on-chronic breathlessness. Self-management is complex, involving 14 components as identified by the Practical Systematic Review in Self-Management Support (PRISMS). Low-intensity educational interventions that support breathlessness self-management through written/visual educational materials, alongside limited health professional support, are available. Our aim was to describe components of low-intensity educational interventions that support and improve self-management for adults with chronic breathlessness and evaluate their efficacy for improving breathlessness-related outcomes. A systematic review was conducted, including RCTs that compared these interventions with

SUBMITTER: Raymond B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6884574 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature