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The relationship between pain, analgesics and survival in patients with advanced cancer: a secondary data analysis of the international European palliative care cancer symptom study. (2019)
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Boland, J. W., Allgar, V., Boland, E. G., Bennett, M. I., Kaasa, S., Hjermstad, M. J., & Johnson, M. (2020). The relationship between pain, analgesics and survival in patients with advanced cancer: a secondary data analysis of the international European palliative care cancer symptom study. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 76(3), 393-402. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-019-02801-2

© 2019, The Author(s). Purpose: Opioids reduce cancer-related pain but an association with shorter survival is variably reported. Aim: To investigate the relationship between pain, analgesics, cancer and survival within the European Palliative Care C... Read More about The relationship between pain, analgesics and survival in patients with advanced cancer: a secondary data analysis of the international European palliative care cancer symptom study..

Low-intensity educational interventions supporting self-management to improve outcomes related to chronic breathlessness: a systematic review (2019)
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Raymond, B., Johnson, M., Luckett, T., Hutchinson, A., Lovell, M., & Phillips, J. (2019). Low-intensity educational interventions supporting self-management to improve outcomes related to chronic breathlessness: a systematic review. NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 29(1), Article 41. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-019-0152-8

Chronic breathlessness is debilitating and frightening, often resulting in emergency department presentations with acute-on-chronic breathlessness. Self-management is complex, involving 14 components as identified by the Practical Systematic Review i... Read More about Low-intensity educational interventions supporting self-management to improve outcomes related to chronic breathlessness: a systematic review.

Intention-to-treat analyses for randomised controlled trials in hospice/palliative care: the case for analyses to be of people exposed to the intervention. (2019)
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Kochovska, S., Huang, C., Johnson, M. J., Agar, M. R., Fallon, M. T., Kaasa, S., Hussain, J. A., Portenoy, R. K., Higginson, I. J., & Currow, D. C. (2020). Intention-to-treat analyses for randomised controlled trials in hospice/palliative care: the case for analyses to be of people exposed to the intervention. Journal of pain and symptom management, 59(3), 637-645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.10.026

© 2019 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Context: Minimizing bias in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) includes intention-to-treat analyses. Hospice/palliative care RCTs are constrained by high attrition unpredictable when consent... Read More about Intention-to-treat analyses for randomised controlled trials in hospice/palliative care: the case for analyses to be of people exposed to the intervention..

Palliative care in Parkinson's disease: Review of needs assessment tools (2019)
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Richfield, E. W., & Johnson, M. J. (2020). Palliative care in Parkinson's disease: Review of needs assessment tools. Annals of palliative medicine, 9, S6-S15. https://doi.org/10.21037/apm.2019.09.18

Palliative care in Parkinson’s disease (PD) has developed significantly in the past five years. The presence of unmet palliative care need, similar to that in malignant conditions, is well established, but may not always be identified by clinicians i... Read More about Palliative care in Parkinson's disease: Review of needs assessment tools.

Identification and assessment of breathlessness in clinical practice: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. (2019)
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Elliott-Button, H., Johnson, M. J., Nwulu, U., & Clark, J. (2020). Identification and assessment of breathlessness in clinical practice: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. Journal of pain and symptom management, 59(3), 724-733.e19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.10.014

Context: Breathlessness is common in chronic conditions but often goes unidentified by clinicians. It is important to understand how identification and assessment of breathlessness occurs across health care settings, to promote routine outcome assess... Read More about Identification and assessment of breathlessness in clinical practice: a systematic review and narrative synthesis..

Breathlessness, anxiety, depression and function - the BAD-F study: a cross-sectional, population prevalence study in adults. (2019)
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Kinchin, I., Currow, D. C., Chang, S., Reddel, H. K., Kochovska, S., Ferreira, D., Johnson, M., & Ekström, M. (2020). Breathlessness, anxiety, depression and function - the BAD-F study: a cross-sectional, population prevalence study in adults. Journal of pain and symptom management, 59(2), 197-205.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.09.021

© 2019 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Context: Breathlessness is associated with depression, but its relationship to anxiety or impaired function is less clear. Objectives: This study evaluated associations between chronic breath... Read More about Breathlessness, anxiety, depression and function - the BAD-F study: a cross-sectional, population prevalence study in adults..

A feasibility, randomised controlled trial of a complex breathlessness intervention in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (BREEZE-IPF): study protocol (2019)
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Wright, C., Hart, S. P., Allgar, V., English, A., Swan, F., Dyson, J., Richardson, G., Twiddy, M., Cohen, J., Hussain, J., Johnson, M., Hargreaves, I., & Crooks, M. G. (2019). A feasibility, randomised controlled trial of a complex breathlessness intervention in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (BREEZE-IPF): study protocol. ERJ Open Research, 5(4), Article 0186. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00186-2019

Introduction: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and progressive lung disease that causes breathlessness and cough that worsen over time, limiting daily activities and negatively impacting quality of life. Although treatments are now av... Read More about A feasibility, randomised controlled trial of a complex breathlessness intervention in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (BREEZE-IPF): study protocol.