Slavica Kochovska

Jan 8, 2025 | publications.ersnet.org | Max Olsson |Jacob Sandberg |Slavica Kochovska |Anders Blomberg

Original Research Article Locus of control and breathlessness: a cross-sectional analysis of 28,730 people ArticleInfo & Metrics This is a PDF-only article. Please click on the PDF link above to read it.

Jun 27, 2024 | bmjopenrespres.bmj.com | Slavica Kochovska |David Currow |Sungwon Chang |Miriam Johnson

DiscussionThis study demonstrated that worsening breathlessness was associated with decreasing levels of self-reported physical activity, sexual activity and function. Overall, it showed that people with persisting breathlessness modify their lifestyle to avoid their breathlessness by reducing or ceasing a range of activities, seeking to minimise their exposure to the symptom.

Mar 7, 2024 | journals.sagepub.com | Slavica Kochovska |Fliss EM Murtagh |Meera Agar |Jane Phillips

What is already known about the topic? •Palliative care is a referral-dependent specialty, with a research base that comprises a large proportion of observational studies. •Lack of agreed referral criteria contributes to the heterogeneity of population(s) served by palliative care, while the often inadequate descriptions of study populations or settings contribute to the variability in patient and caregiver data presented to clinicians.