ArticleBMJ open respiratory research2020
Underlying contributing conditions to breathlessness among middle-aged individuals in the general population: a cross-sectional study.
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- Relationship of breathlessness with social isolation and loneliness: a nationally representative cohort study of older adults in England.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Clinical characteristics and outcomes associated with preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) in Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Implementing breathlessness self-management in low- and middle-income countries: co-design of breathlessness self-management resources for use in India.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2025Article
- Managing breathlessness for people with advanced respiratory disease.ERJ open research · 2025Review
- Locus of control and breathlessness: a cross-sectional analysis of 28 730 people.ERJ open research · 2025Article
- BREATHLEssness in INDIA (BREATHE-INDIA): realist review to develop explanatory programme theory about breathlessness self-management in India.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2025Review
- Associations between lifestyle habits, environmental factors and respiratory diseases: a cross-sectional study from southwest China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Exertional breathlessness related to medical conditions in middle-aged people: the population-based SCAPIS study of more than 25,000 men and women.Respiratory research · 2024Article
- Illness perceptions, cognitive and behavioural responses to chronic breathlessness in individuals living with advanced respiratory disease: an observational study.ERJ open research · 2024Article
- Factors most strongly associated with breathlessness in a population aged 50-64 years.ERJ open research · 2024Article
- Spirometry profiles of overweight and obese individuals with unexplained dyspnea in Saudi Arabia.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Prevalence, severity and impacts of breathlessness in Indian adults: An exploratory, nationally representative, cross-sectional online survey.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionBreathlessness is common in the general population and associated with poorer health. Prevalence, frequencies and overlap of underlying contributing conditions among individuals reporting breathlessness in the general population is unclear. The aim was to evaluate which conditions that were prevalent, overlapping and associated with breathlessness in a middle-aged general population.
methodCross-sectional analysis of individuals aged 50-65 years in the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study pilot. Data from questionnaire, spirometry testing and fitness testing were used to identify underlying contributing conditions among participants reporting breathlessness (a modified Medical Research Scale (mMRC) score
results1097 participants were included; mean age 57.5 years, 50% women and 9.8% (n=108) reported breathlessness (mMRC
conclusionIn a middle-aged general population, the main underlying contributing conditions to breathlessness were respiratory disease, anxiety or depression, obesity and heart disease or chest pain with a high level of overlap.
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