ReviewBMC pulmonary medicine2018
Patient information, education and self-management in bronchiectasis: facilitating improvements to optimise health outcomes.
Review in BMC pulmonary medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06164470 (Impact of Support Groups for Patients With Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis on Quality of Life and Exacerbations), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Impact of Support Groups for Patients With Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis on Quality of Life and Exacerbations
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.
- Management of Adult Bronchiectasis: Consensus-Based Guidelines of the German Respiratory Society.Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases · 2026Guideline
- 'Life has become a lot easier'-the acceptability of the treatable traits clinic experience to people with bronchiectasis.Annals of medicine · 2026Trial
- Effect of Mind Mapping Combined With Behavior Rating Scale on Medical Compliance Behavior of Atrial Fibrillation Patients Underwent Radiofrequency Ablation.Brain and behavior · 2025Trial
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- Web-Based Physiotherapy Resources for Bronchiectasis: Evaluation of Content, Quality, and Implementation Evidence.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2026Article
- Impact of health information prescription in thyroid cancer.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2026Article
- Pelvic pain & endometriosis: the development of a patient-centred e-health resource for those affected by endometriosis-associated dyspareunia.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2025Article
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- Patient-managed interventions for adults with bronchiectasis: evidence, challenges and prospects.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2024Review
- Nursing Process Related to the Nursing Focus "Airway Clearance": A Scoping Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Article
- Incidence of community-acquired pneumonia hospitalisation in persons with bronchiectasis during the COVID-19 lockdown in Denmark: a retrospective cohort study.BMJ open respiratory research · 2023Article
- 'The likes of me running and walking? No chance': Exploring the perceptions of adult patients with bronchiectasis towards exercise.Chronic illness · 2023Article
- 'Teach me how to look after myself': What people with bronchiectasis want from education in a pulmonary rehabilitation setting.The clinical respiratory journal · 2023Article
- The self-management abilities test (SMAT): a tool to identify the self-management abilities of adults with bronchiectasis.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2022Article
- Educational aspects of rare and orphan lung diseases.Respiratory research · 2021Review
- Bronchiectasis: an emerging global epidemic.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundBronchiectasis is an incurable lung disease characterised by irreversible airway dilatation. It causes symptoms including chronic productive cough, dyspnoea, and recurrent respiratory infections often requiring hospital admission. Fatigue and reductions in quality of life are also reported in bronchiectasis. Patients often require multi-modal treatments that can be burdensome, leading to issues with adherence. In this article we review the provision of, and requirement for, education and information in bronchiectasis. DISCUSSION: To date, little research has been undertaken to improve self-management in bronchiectasis in comparison to other chronic conditions, such as COPD, for which there has been a wealth of recent developments. Qualitative work has begun to establish that information deficit is one of the potential barriers to self-management, and that patients feel having credible information is fundamental when learning to live with and manage bronchiectasis. Emerging research offers some insights into ways of improving treatment adherence and approaches to self-management education; highlighting ways of addressing the specific unmet information needs of patients and their families who are living with bronchiectasis.
conclusionsWe propose non-pharmacological recommendations to optimise patient self-management and symptom recognition; with the aim of facilitating measurable improvements in health outcomes for patients with bronchiectasis.
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