Exploring the Experience of Breathlessness with the Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CSM).

Johnston, KN; Burgess, R; Kochovska, S; Williams, MT

Exploring the Experience of Breathlessness with the Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CSM).

Johnston, KN Burgess, R Kochovska, S

Williams, MT

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Publisher:: MDPI
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Healthcare (Basel), 2023, 11, (12), pp. 1686
Issue Date:: 2023-06-08

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Johnston, KN
dc.contributor.author	Burgess, R
dc.contributor.author	Kochovska, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3531-0389
dc.contributor.author	Williams, MT
dc.date.accessioned	2023-11-07T04:37:23Z
dc.date.available	2023-06-06
dc.date.available	2023-11-07T04:37:23Z
dc.date.issued	2023-06-08
dc.identifier.citation	Healthcare (Basel), 2023, 11, (12), pp. 1686
dc.identifier.issn	2227-9032
dc.identifier.issn	2227-9032
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/173204
dc.description.abstract	Chronic breathlessness is a multidimensional, unpleasant symptom common to many health conditions. The Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CSM) was developed to help understand how individuals make sense of their illness. This model has been underused in the study of breathlessness, especially in considering how information sources are integrated within an individual's cognitive and emotional representations of breathlessness. This descriptive qualitative study explored breathlessness beliefs, expectations, and language preferences of people experiencing chronic breathlessness using the CSM. Twenty-one community-dwelling individuals living with varying levels of breathlessness-related impairment were purposively recruited. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with questions reflecting components of the CSM. Interview transcripts were synthesized using deductive and inductive content analysis. Nineteen analytical categories emerged describing a range of cognitive and emotional breathlessness representations. Representations were developed through participants' personal experience and information from external sources including health professionals and the internet. Specific words and phrases about breathlessness with helpful or nonhelpful connotations were identified as contributors to breathlessness representations. The CSM aligns with current multidimensional models of breathlessness and provides health professionals with a robust theoretical framework for exploring breathlessness beliefs and expectations.
dc.format	Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	MDPI
dc.relation.ispartof	Healthcare (Basel)
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.3390/healthcare11121686
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.classification	42 Health sciences
dc.title	Exploring the Experience of Breathlessness with the Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CSM).
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	11
utslib.location.activity	Switzerland
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/IMPACCT
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2023-11-07T04:37:22Z
pubs.issue	12
pubs.publication-status	Published online
pubs.volume	11
utslib.citation.issue	12

Abstract:

Chronic breathlessness is a multidimensional, unpleasant symptom common to many health conditions. The Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CSM) was developed to help understand how individuals make sense of their illness. This model has been underused in the study of breathlessness, especially in considering how information sources are integrated within an individual's cognitive and emotional representations of breathlessness. This descriptive qualitative study explored breathlessness beliefs, expectations, and language preferences of people experiencing chronic breathlessness using the CSM. Twenty-one community-dwelling individuals living with varying levels of breathlessness-related impairment were purposively recruited. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with questions reflecting components of the CSM. Interview transcripts were synthesized using deductive and inductive content analysis. Nineteen analytical categories emerged describing a range of cognitive and emotional breathlessness representations. Representations were developed through participants' personal experience and information from external sources including health professionals and the internet. Specific words and phrases about breathlessness with helpful or nonhelpful connotations were identified as contributors to breathlessness representations. The CSM aligns with current multidimensional models of breathlessness and provides health professionals with a robust theoretical framework for exploring breathlessness beliefs and expectations.

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