Effect of listening to breathing recordings on self-reported breathlessness: a public experiment

Natasha Lovell; Simon N Etkind; Joanna M Davies; Wendy Prentice; Irene J Higginson; Katherine E Sleeman

doi:10.1183/13993003.01439-2022

Effect of listening to breathing recordings on self-reported breathlessness: a public experiment

Eur Respir J. 2023 Jul 20;62(1):2201439. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01439-2022. Print 2023 Jul.

Authors

Natasha Lovell^{1

2}, Simon N Etkind^{3

4

2}, Joanna M Davies³, Wendy Prentice⁵, Irene J Higginson³, Katherine E Sleeman³

Affiliations

¹ Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King's College London, London, UK Natasha.lovell@nbt.nhs.uk.
² Contributed equally.
³ Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King's College London, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁵ King's College Hospital, London, UK.

Abstract

This public experiment – a collaboration between the Cicely Saunders Institute and Science Gallery London – found that listening to audio recordings of breathlessness resulted in a noticeable increase in self-reported breathlessness. https://bit.ly/3o8py2Q

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Dyspnea*
Humans
Respiration*
Self Report

Grants and funding

DH_/Department of Health/United Kingdom