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Exploring the Experience of Breathlessness with the Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CSM)
Kylie N Johnston1, Rebecca Burgess1, Slavica Kochovska2
1Allied Health and Human Performance, Innovation, IMPlementation and Clinical Translation in Health (IIMPACT), University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
|June 28, 2023
Summary
Individuals with chronic breathlessness form beliefs about their condition using personal experiences and external information. Understanding these cognitive and emotional representations is key for effective patient care.
Area of Science:
- Respiratory Medicine
- Psychology
- Qualitative Research
Background:
- Chronic breathlessness is a complex symptom impacting many health conditions.
- The Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CSM) offers a framework for understanding illness perceptions.
- The CSM's application to breathlessness, particularly information integration, is underexplored.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore breathlessness beliefs, expectations, and language preferences in individuals with chronic breathlessness.
- To investigate how the Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CSM) can be applied to understand these representations.
- To identify factors influencing cognitive and emotional representations of breathlessness.
Main Methods:
- Descriptive qualitative study design.
- Purposive sampling of 21 community-dwelling individuals with chronic breathlessness.
- Semi-structured interviews guided by CSM components, followed by deductive and inductive content analysis.
Main Results:
- Nineteen analytical categories emerged, detailing cognitive and emotional breathlessness representations.
- Representations were shaped by personal experiences and external information (health professionals, internet).
- Specific language (words/phrases) with helpful or unhelpful connotations influenced these representations.
Conclusions:
- The Common-Sense Model (CSM) provides a valuable theoretical framework for studying breathlessness.
- Understanding patient beliefs and expectations is crucial for managing chronic breathlessness.
- Health professionals can utilize the CSM to explore and address patient representations of breathlessness.
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