Calming Hand And Fan Feasibility study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Shortness of breath; Breathlessness/palliative medicine; Signs and Symptoms

• Registration Number: ISRCTN40230190
• Lead Sponsor: Hull and East Yorkshire (HEY) NHS Trust (UK)

Brief Summary

1. 2017 results in https://doi.org/10.1183/1393003.congress-2017.PA749 (added 23/01/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-10-30
• Study Completion: 2015-03-01
• Last Update Posted: 11 February 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

1. Over 18
2. Able to provide verbal or written consent to take part in the study
3. Living in the community with or without a carer
4. Intractable breathlessness from all causes, for whom all reversible components of breathlessness have been addressed
5. Level 3 on the Medical Research Council (MRC) Dyspnoea scale
6. Have not used the hand held fan or Calming hand for breathlessness for 2 weeks
7. Willingness to engage with breathlessness training and study measures

Exclusion Criteria

1. Too breathless to participate in study as assessed by the opinion of investigator and/or patient
2. Cognitively impaired and unable to understand the study
3. Trigeminal nerve damage/disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified