- Title Pages
- Preface
- Contributors
- 1 Methodological Issues in the Design of Analgesic Clinical Trials
- 2 Methodological Issues Regarding Cancer Anorexia/Cachexia Trials
- 3 Assessment of Novel Therapies for Constipation: Focus on Opioid Analgesics
- 4 Measurement of Constipation
- 5 Clinical Trials of Antiemetics in the Palliative Care Setting: Research Issues
- 6 Multidimensional Assessment of Dyspnea
- 7 Research into Nonpharmacological Intervention for Respiratory Problems in Palliative Care
- 8 Studying Nonpharmacological Interventions for Fatigue
- 9 Evaluating the Relationship of Fatigue to Depression and Anxiety in Cancer Patients
- 10 Fatigue in Medical Illness: Research Issues
- 11 Methodological Considerations in the Treatment of Fatigue
- 12 Depression in the Terminally Ill: Prevalence and Measurement Issues
- 13 Issues in Measuring Family Care Needs and Satisfaction
- 14 Usefulness of Utility in Making Decisions about Palliative Care
- 15 Assessing Quality of Life in Palliative Care
- 16 Assessing Decision-Making Capacity in the Setting of Palliative Care Research
- 17 Research in Advance Care Planning
- 18 Research to Improve End-of-Life Care in the United States: Toward a More Behavioral and Ecological Paradigm
- 19 Studying Desire for Death: Methodological Issues in End-of-Life Research
- 20 Changing Palliative Care Practice in Academic Medical Centers
- 21 Changing Pain Management Practices in Hospitals and Cancer Centers
- 22 Current Status of Symptom Measurement in Children
- 23 Research in Pediatric Palliative Care
- 24 Palliative Care Research in Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: Clinical Trials of Symptomatic Therapies
- Index
Research into Nonpharmacological Intervention for Respiratory Problems in Palliative Care
Research into Nonpharmacological Intervention for Respiratory Problems in Palliative Care
- Chapter:
- (p.97) 7 Research into Nonpharmacological Intervention for Respiratory Problems in Palliative Care
- Source:
- Issues in Palliative Care Research
- Author(s):
Russell K. Portenoy
Eduardo Bruera
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Research into nonpharmacological interventions for respiratory problems in palliative care could not as yet be described as a solid, coherent area of study. The term nonpharmacological intervention suggests a narrow and tightly defined approach to symptom management that can be tested in clinical trials. Here, it is used to define a research area that lies beyond that of testing different pharmaceutical preparations on perception of breathlessness and lung function. This chapter describes the nature of breathlessness as it is experienced in life-threatening illness, as well as the development and testing of strategies that may assist in alleviation or adaptation. This definition immediately suggests research that may need to straddle a number of disciplines as well as methodological paradigms.
Keywords: breathlessness, nonpharmacological intervention, lung function, respiratory symptoms
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Contributors
- 1 Methodological Issues in the Design of Analgesic Clinical Trials
- 2 Methodological Issues Regarding Cancer Anorexia/Cachexia Trials
- 3 Assessment of Novel Therapies for Constipation: Focus on Opioid Analgesics
- 4 Measurement of Constipation
- 5 Clinical Trials of Antiemetics in the Palliative Care Setting: Research Issues
- 6 Multidimensional Assessment of Dyspnea
- 7 Research into Nonpharmacological Intervention for Respiratory Problems in Palliative Care
- 8 Studying Nonpharmacological Interventions for Fatigue
- 9 Evaluating the Relationship of Fatigue to Depression and Anxiety in Cancer Patients
- 10 Fatigue in Medical Illness: Research Issues
- 11 Methodological Considerations in the Treatment of Fatigue
- 12 Depression in the Terminally Ill: Prevalence and Measurement Issues
- 13 Issues in Measuring Family Care Needs and Satisfaction
- 14 Usefulness of Utility in Making Decisions about Palliative Care
- 15 Assessing Quality of Life in Palliative Care
- 16 Assessing Decision-Making Capacity in the Setting of Palliative Care Research
- 17 Research in Advance Care Planning
- 18 Research to Improve End-of-Life Care in the United States: Toward a More Behavioral and Ecological Paradigm
- 19 Studying Desire for Death: Methodological Issues in End-of-Life Research
- 20 Changing Palliative Care Practice in Academic Medical Centers
- 21 Changing Pain Management Practices in Hospitals and Cancer Centers
- 22 Current Status of Symptom Measurement in Children
- 23 Research in Pediatric Palliative Care
- 24 Palliative Care Research in Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: Clinical Trials of Symptomatic Therapies
- Index
