Diminishing activities of daily living as severity of chronic breathlessness worsens: a national, cross-sectional survey
Chronic breathlessness of every intensity above mMRC 0 affects people's ability to perform a range of everyday activities. The progressive loss of these activities is a key coping mechanism to avoid precipitating breathlessness and is mostly invisible to other people.
Authors
- David C. Currow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1988-1250)
- Sungwon Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0723-3192)
- Vanessa Brunelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4494-2254)
- Jessica Macdonald
- Magnus Per Ekström (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7227-5113)
- Jacob Sandberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1863-2033)
- Slavica Kochovska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3531-0389)
- Max Olsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0437-3168)
- Miriam J. Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6204-9158)
- Tim Luckett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6121-5409)
- Diana Ferreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9977-1726)
- Hiu San
Institutions
- University of Technology Sydney (AU)
- Flinders University (AU)
- Lund University (SE)
- University of Hull (GB)
- University of Wollongong (AU)
- Wollongong Hospital (AU)
- Vårdcentralen Teleborg (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open Respiratory Research
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2025-003339
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52
Funders
- University of Technology Sydney