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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., …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..

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., …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.

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., …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..

Mental wellbeing in bereaved carers: A Health Survey for England population study (2019)
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Hodiamont, F., Allgar, V., Currow, D. C., & Johnson, M. J. (in press). Mental wellbeing in bereaved carers: A Health Survey for England population study. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-001957

Objectives: The experience of caregiving may affect carers' well-being into bereavement. We explored associations between mental well-being and previous experience of bereavement of, and caring for, someone close at the end-of-life. Methods: An end-o... Read More about Mental wellbeing in bereaved carers: A Health Survey for England population study.

Improving the quality of life of people with advanced respiratory disease and severe breathlessness (2019)
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Booth, S., & Johnson, M. J. (2019). Improving the quality of life of people with advanced respiratory disease and severe breathlessness. Breathe, 15(3), 198-215. https://doi.org/10.1183/20734735.0200-2019

Advanced respiratory disease imposes a greater symptom burden than many cancers but not does have comparable recognition of the need for supportive and palliative care or the infrastructure for its systematic delivery. Consequently, many people with... Read More about Improving the quality of life of people with advanced respiratory disease and severe breathlessness.

Palliative care for people living with heart failure: European Association for Palliative Care Task Force expert position statement (2019)
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Sobanski, P. Z., Alt-Epping, B., Currow, D. C., Goodlin, S. J., Grodzicki, T., Hogg, K., …Larkin, P. J. (2020). Palliative care for people living with heart failure: European Association for Palliative Care Task Force expert position statement. Cardiovascular research, 116(1), 12-27. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvz200

© 2019 Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. Contrary to common perception, modern palliative care (PC) is applicable to all people with an incurable disease, not only cancer. PC is appropriate at every stage... Read More about Palliative care for people living with heart failure: European Association for Palliative Care Task Force expert position statement.

Oral modified release morphine for breathlessness in chronic heart failure: a randomized placebo-controlled trial (2019)
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Johnson, M. J., Cockayne, S., Currow, D. C., Bell, K., Hicks, K., Fairhurst, C., …Clark, A. (2019). Oral modified release morphine for breathlessness in chronic heart failure: a randomized placebo-controlled trial. ESC Heart Failure, 6(6), 1149-1160. https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.12498

© 2019 The Authors. ESC Heart Failure published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. Aims: Morphine is shown to relieve chronic breathlessness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. There are no definitive da... Read More about Oral modified release morphine for breathlessness in chronic heart failure: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.

Multi-disciplinary palliative care is effective in people with symptomatic heart failure: A systematic review and narrative synthesis (2019)
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Datla, S., Verberkt, C. A., Hoye, A., Janssen, D. J. A., & Johnson, M. J. (2019). Multi-disciplinary palliative care is effective in people with symptomatic heart failure: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Palliative medicine, 33(8), 1003-1016. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216319859148

Background: Despite recommendations, people with heart failure have poor access to palliative care. Aim: To identify the evidence in relation to palliative care for people with symptomatic heart failure. Design: Systematic review and narrative synthe... Read More about Multi-disciplinary palliative care is effective in people with symptomatic heart failure: A systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Optimised clinical study recruitment in palliative care: success strategies and lessons learned (2019)
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White, C., Noble, S., Watson, M., Swan, F., Nelson, A., & Johnson, M. J. (2020). Optimised clinical study recruitment in palliative care: success strategies and lessons learned. BMJ supportive & palliative care, 10(2), 216-220. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-001820

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Recruitment challenges to clinical research studies in palliative care settings, particularly in hospices, are well documented. However, a recent study (Hospice Inpatient Deep vein thrombosis Detection (HIDDen... Read More about Optimised clinical study recruitment in palliative care: success strategies and lessons learned.

Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Scale and physical activity in COPD and lung cancer: an exploratory pooled data analysis (2019)
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Barbetta, C., Allgar, V., Maddocks, M., Ribeiro, C., Wilcock, A., Currow, D. C., …Johnson, M. J. (in press). Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Scale and physical activity in COPD and lung cancer: an exploratory pooled data analysis. BMJ supportive & palliative care, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-001869

Objectives: Patient-relevant measures of functional status are required in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer in clinical practice and research. We explored the relationship between the Australia-modified Karnofsky Performan... Read More about Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Scale and physical activity in COPD and lung cancer: an exploratory pooled data analysis.

Inclusion, characteristics and outcomes of people requiring palliative care in studies of non-pharmacological interventions for delirium: A systematic review (2019)
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Hosie, A., Siddiqi, N., Featherstone, I., Johnson, M., Lawlor, P. G., Bush, S. H., …Agar, M. (2019). Inclusion, characteristics and outcomes of people requiring palliative care in studies of non-pharmacological interventions for delirium: A systematic review. Palliative medicine, 33(8), 878-899. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216319853487

© The Author(s) 2019. Background: Delirium is common, distressing, serious and under-researched in specialist palliative care settings. Objectives: To examine whether people requiring palliative care were included in non-pharmacological delirium inte... Read More about Inclusion, characteristics and outcomes of people requiring palliative care in studies of non-pharmacological interventions for delirium: A systematic review.

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)
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Janssen, D. J., Rechberger, S., Wouters, E. F., Schols, J. M., Johnson, M. J., Currow, D. C., …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)
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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).