Cutting through complexity: the Breathing, Thinking, Functioning clinical model is an educational tool that facilitates chronic breathlessness management
Anna Spathis, Julie Burkin, Catherine Moffat, Rachel Tuffnell, Stephen Barclay, Jonathan Mant, Sara Booth
Abstract
Chronic breathlessness is a distressing symptom that is challenging to manage. The Breathing, Thinking, Functioning clinical model is an educational tool developed to support breathlessness management. Health professionals report that the model increases clinician and patient understanding of this complex symptom, and provides a simple and structured approach to personalised self-management.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineBreathingIntensive care medicineHealth professionalsDistressingSelf-managementPhysical therapyHealth carePsychiatryEconomic growthChemistryPhysical chemistryComputer scienceMachine learningEconomicsRespiratory Support and MechanismsIntensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research