Attitude change and increased confidence with management of chronic breathlessness following a health professional training workshop: a survey evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinicians and people living with chronic breathlessness have expressed a need to better understand and manage this symptom. The aim of this study was to evaluate a 3-day health professional training workshop on the practical management of chronic breathlessness.

Methods

Workshop design and delivery were based on current understandings and clinical models of chronic breathlessness management, principles of transformative learning, and included sessions co-designed with people living with breathlessness. Registrants were invited to complete pre and post-workshop surveys. Pre and 1-week post-workshop online questionnaires assessed familiarity and confidence about workshop objectives (0[lowest]-10[highest] visual analogue scale), attitudes and practices regarding chr

SUBMITTER: Johnston KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7106669 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature