{
  "abstract": "Objectives Breathlessness affects a significant proportion of patients in palliative care. This Quality Improvement Project aimed to develop a patient self-management resource, Living with Breathlessness, and to assess its impact on healthcare professionals’ confidence in non-pharmacological management of breathlessness.Methods Using a Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle, a multi-professional team developed the resource based on staff suggestions. Pre-intervention and post-intervention surveys were used to measure healthcare professionals’ confidenceResults The resource increased confidence scores from 7 to 9 out of 10, and 93% reported that it enhanced their ability to support patient self-management.Conclusion The project demonstrates the potential of self-management tools to improve healthcare professionals’ confidence, with potential implications for staff well-being and patient care. Further research is needed to assess long-term impacts.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Palliative Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Farzana Virani"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Palliative Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Carrie Anderson"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Palliative Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Rebecca Corfield"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Palliative Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Maria Heron"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Living with breathlessness: quality improvement project to enhance staff confidence and patient self-management",
  "uid": "310a541d-95c9-557c-9a1f-fe6b793e9c61"
}