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Socioeconomic status and older adult's experiences of weight loss: a qualitative secondary analysis (2025)
Journal Article
Bullock, A., Newton-Clarke, A., Johnson, M. J., Murtagh, F. E., & Nwulu, U. (2025). Socioeconomic status and older adult's experiences of weight loss: a qualitative secondary analysis. PLoS ONE, 20(4), Article e0321313. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321313

Objectives Unintentional weight loss in older adults is common, with 15–20% of those aged >65 having clinically significant weight loss, associated with increased mortality and morbidity. People with socioeconomic disadvantage are more likely to be o... Read More about Socioeconomic status and older adult's experiences of weight loss: a qualitative secondary analysis.

Complex breathlessness intervention in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (BREEZE-IPF): a feasibility, wait-list design randomised controlled trial (2025)
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Crooks, M. G., Wright, C., Hart, S., Allgar, V., English, A., Swan, F., Dyson, J., Richardson, G., Twiddy, M., Cohen, J., Simpson, A., Huang, C., Sykes, D. L., & Johnson, M. (2025). Complex breathlessness intervention in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (BREEZE-IPF): a feasibility, wait-list design randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 12(1), Article e002327. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2024-002327

Introduction Breathlessness is common and impairs the quality of life of people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and non-IPF fibrotic interstitial lung diseases (ILD). We report the findings of a multicentre, fast-track (wait-list), mixed-met... Read More about Complex breathlessness intervention in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (BREEZE-IPF): a feasibility, wait-list design randomised controlled trial.

BREATHLEssness in INDIA (BREATHE-INDIA): realist review to develop explanatory programme theory about breathlessness self-management in India (2025)
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Clark, J., Salins, N., Sherigar, M., Williams, S., Pearson, M., Rao, S. R., Spathis, A., Bhat, R., Currow, D. C., Fraser, K., Simha, S., & Johnson, M. J. (2025). BREATHLEssness in INDIA (BREATHE-INDIA): realist review to develop explanatory programme theory about breathlessness self-management in India. NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 35(1), Article 13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-025-00420-2

Breathlessness is highly prevalent in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Low-cost, non-drug, breathlessness self-management interventions are effective in high-income countries. However, health beliefs influence acceptability and have not been... Read More about BREATHLEssness in INDIA (BREATHE-INDIA): realist review to develop explanatory programme theory about breathlessness self-management in India.

Harms of Morphine for Chronic Breathlessness in Relation to Dose, Duration and Titration Phase (2025)
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Ekström, M., Alameri, F., Chang, S., Ferreira, D., Johnson, M. J., & Currow, D. C. (in press). Harms of Morphine for Chronic Breathlessness in Relation to Dose, Duration and Titration Phase. Journal of pain and symptom management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.02.020

Context: Morphine to treat severe chronic breathlessness might increase adverse events (AEs). Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the risk of AEs in relation to dose, duration and titration phase of regular, low-dose sustained-release (SR) oral morphine... Read More about Harms of Morphine for Chronic Breathlessness in Relation to Dose, Duration and Titration Phase.

ERS guideline recommendation on airflow for breathlessness: the pitfalls of applying GRADE evidence ratings to complex non-pharmacological interventions (2025)
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Luckett, T., Swan, F., Clark, J., Roberts, M., Pearson, M., Hutchinson, A., Currow, D., Kochovska, S., Crooks, M., Smith, T., & Johnson, M. (2025). ERS guideline recommendation on airflow for breathlessness: the pitfalls of applying GRADE evidence ratings to complex non-pharmacological interventions. European respiratory journal, 65(2), Article 2402244. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02244-2024

"I'm living in a 'no' world now…"- A qualitative study of the widespread impact of living with chronic breathlessness, and experiences of identification and assessment of this symptom in an older, frail community-based population (2025)
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Elliott-Button, H., Johnson, M. J., Hutchinson, A., Currow, D. C., & Clark, J. (2025). "I'm living in a 'no' world now…"- A qualitative study of the widespread impact of living with chronic breathlessness, and experiences of identification and assessment of this symptom in an older, frail community-based population. NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 35(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-024-00409-3

Chronic breathlessness is a debilitating symptom with detrimental impact on individuals and carers. However, little is known about the experiences of community-dwelling, frail, older adults living with chronic breathlessness. To explore, (i) the psyc... Read More about "I'm living in a 'no' world now…"- A qualitative study of the widespread impact of living with chronic breathlessness, and experiences of identification and assessment of this symptom in an older, frail community-based population.

Delirium prevention in hospices: Opportunities and limitations – A focused ethnography (2025)
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Featherstone, I., Johnson, M. J., Sheldon, T., Kelley, R., Hawkins, R., Bravington, A., Callin, S., Dixon, R., Obita, G., & Siddiqi, N. (2025). Delirium prevention in hospices: Opportunities and limitations – A focused ethnography. Palliative medicine, 39(3), 391-400. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163241310762

Background: Delirium is common and distressing for hospice in-patients. Hospital-based research shows delirium may be prevented by targeting its risk factors. Many preventative strategies address patients’ fundamental care needs. However, there is li... Read More about Delirium prevention in hospices: Opportunities and limitations – A focused ethnography.

Barriers and facilitators for cardiopulmonary resuscitation discussions with people with heart failure (2024)
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Barnes-Harris, M. M., Datla, S., Abel, A., Clark, A. L., & Johnson, M. J. (2024). Barriers and facilitators for cardiopulmonary resuscitation discussions with people with heart failure. PLoS ONE, 19(12), Article e0314631. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314631

Background Care planning with people with advanced heart failure enables appropriate care, and prevents futile interventions, such as cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Aim To explore what motivates clinicians to conduct, and people with heart fai... Read More about Barriers and facilitators for cardiopulmonary resuscitation discussions with people with heart failure.

Breathlessness without borders: a call to action for global breathlessness research (2024)
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Clark, J. D., Binnie, K., Bond, M., Crooks, M., Currow, D. C., Curry, J., Elsey, H., Habib, M., Hutchinson, A., Soyiri, I., Johnson, M. J., Nair, S., Rao, S., Siqueira-Filha, N., Spathis, A., & Williams, S. (2024). Breathlessness without borders: a call to action for global breathlessness research. NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 34(1), Article 26. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-024-00384-9

It is likely that the burden of breathlessness in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) is much higher than has been estimated using calculations of disease burden and expected prevalence of the symptom. However, most breathlessness research has be... Read More about Breathlessness without borders: a call to action for global breathlessness research.

Practice review: Pharmacological management of severe chronic breathlessness in adults with advanced life-limiting diseases (2024)
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Simon, S. T., Higginson, I. J., Bausewein, C., Jolley, C. J., Bajwah, S., Maddocks, M., Wilharm, C., Oluyase, A. O., & Pralong, A. (online). Practice review: Pharmacological management of severe chronic breathlessness in adults with advanced life-limiting diseases. Palliative medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163241270945

Background: Severe and refractory chronic breathlessness is a common and burdensome symptom in patients with advanced life-limiting disease. Its clinical management is challenging because of the lack of effective interventions. Aim: To provide practi... Read More about Practice review: Pharmacological management of severe chronic breathlessness in adults with advanced life-limiting diseases.