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SynthesisNPJ primary care respiratory medicine2019

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

Bronwyn Raymond, Tim Luckett, Miriam Johnson, Ann Hutchinson, Melanie Lovell, Jane Phillips

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Synthesis in NPJ primary care respiratory medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Bronwyn RaymondIMPACCT - Improving Palliative, Aged and Chronic Care through Clinical Research and Translation, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, 235-253 Jones Street, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9983-7369
Tim LuckettIMPACCT - Improving Palliative, Aged and Chronic Care through Clinical Research and Translation, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, 235-253 Jones Street, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia. Tim.Luckett@uts.edu.au.
Miriam JohnsonHull York Medical School, University of York, John Hughlings Jackson Building, Heslington, York, Y010 5DD, UK.
Ann HutchinsonHull York Medical School, University of York, John Hughlings Jackson Building, Heslington, York, Y010 5DD, UK.
Melanie LovellHammondCare, 95-115 River Road, Greenwich, NSW, 2065, Australia.
Jane PhillipsIMPACCT - Improving Palliative, Aged and Chronic Care through Clinical Research and Translation, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, 235-253 Jones Street, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3691-8230
University of Technology Sydney · AUUniversity of York · GBThe University of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

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 usual care in adults with chronic disease. Synthesis took a narrative approach utilizing the PRISMS taxonomy and Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) checklist. Of the 1948 articles identified, 7 met criteria reporting 7 RCTs using 6 interventions. Studies utilized 12 out of 14 PRISMS components, the most frequent being training/rehearsal for psychological strategies. Evidence for effectiveness was inconsistent and attempts to identify beneficial components were confounded by intervention complexity and heterogeneity. The optimal content and delivery of low-intensity educational interventions that support self-management to improve chronic breathlessness-related outcomes in adults cannot be defined from current published literature. Future research should incorporate more detailed, standardized reporting to enable comparison and meta-analysis.

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Quality of LifeChronic DiseaseDyspneaHumansSelf-Management

Identifiers

PMID31784524
PMCPMC6884574
OpenAlexW2989996579

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