Outputs (91)

Clustering of 27,525,663 death records from the United States based on health conditions associated with death: an example of big health data exploration (2019)
Journal Article
Janssen, D. J., Rechberger, S., Wouters, E. F., Schols, J. M., Johnson, M. J., Currow, D. C., Curtis, J. R., & Spruit, M. A. (2019). Clustering of 27,525,663 death records from the United States based on health conditions associated with death: an example of big health data exploration. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8(7), Article 922. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8070922

Background: Insight into health conditions associated with death can inform healthcare policy. We aimed to cluster 27,525,663 deceased people based on the health conditions associated with death to study the associations between the health condition... Read More about Clustering of 27,525,663 death records from the United States based on health conditions associated with death: an example of big health data exploration.

Timely recognition of palliative care needs of patients with advanced chronic heart failure: a pilot study of a Dutch translation of the Needs Assessment Tool: Progressive Disease – Heart Failure (NAT:PD-HF) (2019)
Journal Article
Janssen, D. J., Boyne, J., Currow, D. C., Schols, J. M., Johnson, M. J., & La Rocca, H. P. (2019). Timely recognition of palliative care needs of patients with advanced chronic heart failure: a pilot study of a Dutch translation of the Needs Assessment Tool: Progressive Disease – Heart Failure (NAT:PD-HF). European journal of cardiovascular nursing : journal of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing of the European Society of Cardiology, 18(5), 375-388. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474515119831510

© The European Society of Cardiology 2019. Background: The Needs Assessment Tool: Progressive Disease – Heart Failure (NAT:PD-HF) was developed to identify and triage palliative care needs in patients with chronic heart failure. A Dutch version is cu... Read More about Timely recognition of palliative care needs of patients with advanced chronic heart failure: a pilot study of a Dutch translation of the Needs Assessment Tool: Progressive Disease – Heart Failure (NAT:PD-HF).

Battery operated fan and chronic breathlessness: Does it help? (2019)
Journal Article
Barnes-Harris, M., Swan, F., Allgar, V., Booth, S., Currow, D., Hart, S., Phillips, J., & Johnson, M. J. (in press). Battery operated fan and chronic breathlessness: Does it help?. BMJ supportive & palliative care, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-001749

Objectives: To examine whether use of a hand-held fan (â € fan') improves breathlessness and increases physical activity. Methods: A secondary exploratory analysis using pooled data from the fan arms of two feasibility randomised controlled trials in... Read More about Battery operated fan and chronic breathlessness: Does it help?.

Acute-on-chronic breathlessness: recognition and response (2019)
Journal Article
Hutchinson, A., Johnson, M. J., & Currow, D. (2019). Acute-on-chronic breathlessness: recognition and response. Journal of pain and symptom management, 57(5), e4-e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.01.012

Agreement between breathlessness severity and unpleasantness in people with chronic breathlessness: A longitudinal clinical study (2019)
Journal Article
Ekström, M., Williams, M., Johnson, M. J., Huang, C., & Currow, D. C. (2019). Agreement between breathlessness severity and unpleasantness in people with chronic breathlessness: A longitudinal clinical study. Journal of pain and symptom management, 57(4), 715-723.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.01.001

Context: Chronic breathlessness is a cardinal symptom in cardiopulmonary disease where both overall intensity or severity (S) and unpleasantness (U) are commonly quantified. Objective: We aimed to evaluate agreement between breathlessness severity an... Read More about Agreement between breathlessness severity and unpleasantness in people with chronic breathlessness: A longitudinal clinical study.

No excess harms from sustained-release morphine: A randomised placebo-controlled trial in chronic breathlessness (2019)
Journal Article
Johnson, M. J., Sbizzera, I., Fairhurst, C., Agar, M., Fazekas, B., Agar, M. R., Ekström, M., & Currow, D. C. (2019). No excess harms from sustained-release morphine: A randomised placebo-controlled trial in chronic breathlessness. BMJ supportive & palliative care, 10(4), 421-428. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-002009

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Objectives: We aimed to identify and evaluate: (1) treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAE (worse or new since baseline)) and the subgroup of... Read More about No excess harms from sustained-release morphine: A randomised placebo-controlled trial in chronic breathlessness.

Validated screening tools for the assessment of cachexia, sarcopenia, and malnutrition: a systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
Miller, J., Wells, L., Nwulu, U., Currow, D., Johnson, M. J., & Skipworth, R. J. (2018). Validated screening tools for the assessment of cachexia, sarcopenia, and malnutrition: a systematic review. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 108(6), 1196-1208. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqy244

Background: There is great overlap between the presentation of cachexia, sarcopenia, and malnutrition. Distinguishing between these conditions would allow for better targeted treatment for patients. Objectives: The aim was to systematically review va... Read More about Validated screening tools for the assessment of cachexia, sarcopenia, and malnutrition: a systematic review.

Statistical compared to clinical significance and the risk of misattribution (2018)
Journal Article
Ekström, M., Johnson, M. J., & Currow, D. C. (2018). Statistical compared to clinical significance and the risk of misattribution. European respiratory journal, 52(5), Article 1801723. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01723-2018

Response to “Hyoscine Butylbromide for the Management of Death Rattle: Sooner Rather Than Later” (2018)
Journal Article
Boland, J. W., Johnson, M., & Currow, D. (2019). Response to “Hyoscine Butylbromide for the Management of Death Rattle: Sooner Rather Than Later”. Journal of pain and symptom management, 57(3), e12-e13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.11.018

Psychometric Properties of the Needs Assessment Tool—Progressive Disease Cancer in U.K. Primary Care (2018)
Journal Article
Allgar, V. L., Chen, H., Richfield, E., Currow, D., Macleod, U., & Johnson, M. J. (2018). Psychometric Properties of the Needs Assessment Tool—Progressive Disease Cancer in U.K. Primary Care. Journal of pain and symptom management, 56(4), 602-612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.07.002

Background. The assessment of patients' needs for care is a critical step in achieving patient-centered cancer care. Tools can be used to assess needs and inform care planning. The Needs Assessment Tool:Progressive DiseaseeCancer (NAT:PD-C) is an Aus... Read More about Psychometric Properties of the Needs Assessment Tool—Progressive Disease Cancer in U.K. Primary Care.