ArticleBMJ open respiratory research2024
Disability and long-term breathlessness: a cross-sectional, population study.
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- Global prevalence of dyspnoea: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2026Pooled it
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- Breathlessness limiting exertion and under- and unemployment: results from a national, online population survey.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Global disparities in chronic dyspnoea prevalence in population-based studies: a comprehensive literature review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026Review
- Associations between breathlessness and individuals' satisfaction with sexual life: a nationally representative internet survey.BMJ open respiratory research · 2026Article
- Dyspnoea patterns in patients with advanced diseases: a functional MRI feasibility study protocol.BMJ open · 2026Observational
- Diminishing activities of daily living as severity of chronic breathlessness worsens: a national, cross-sectional survey.BMJ open respiratory research · 2025Article
- Don't ask, don't tell (DADT): under-recognition of breathlessness in clinical care-a national survey.BMJ open respiratory research · 2025Article
- Breathlessness in the general population.Current opinion in supportive and palliative care · 2025Review
- Geographic Variation in Prevalence of Breathlessness: Latitude.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 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
- Multimodal physiological correlates of dyspnea ratings during breath-holding in healthy humans.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Article
- Specialists in Chronic Respiratory Failure Should Serve More than Just Ventilator-Dependent Patients.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionDisability, resulting from altered interactions between individuals and their environment, is a worldwide issue causing inequities and suffering. Many diseases associated with breathlessness cause disability but the relationship between disability and the severity of breathlessness itself is unknown.This study evaluated associations between disability using the WHO's Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) 2.0 and levels of long-term
methodsThis population-based, cross-sectional online survey (n=10 033) reflected the most recent national census (2016) by age, sex, state/territory of residence and rurality. Assessments included self-reported disability (WHODAS 2.0 12-item (range 12 (no disability) to 60 (most severe disability)) assessed in 6 domains) and long-term
resultsOf respondents (52% women; mean age 45), mean total disability score was 20.9 (SD 9.5). 42% (n=4245) had mMRC >0 (mMRC1 31% (n=3139); mMRC2 8% (n=806); mMRC3,4 3% (n=300)). Every level of long-term
conclusionsDisability should be in the definition of persistent breathlessness as it is systematically associated with long-term
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