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10.1177_1757913919872515_British_Lung_Foundation_patient_experience_questions190719 – Supplemental material for Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing – evaluation of a British Lung Foundation pilot
No full textSupplemental material, 10.1177_1757913919872515_British_Lung_Foundation_patient_experience_questions190719 for Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing – evaluation of a British Lung Foundation pilot by A Lewis and NS Hopkinson in Perspectives in Public Health</p
10.1177_1757913919872515_PatientInformationSheetAndConsentForm – Supplemental material for Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing – evaluation of a British Lung Foundation pilot
No full textSupplemental material, 10.1177_1757913919872515_PatientInformationSheetAndConsentForm for Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing – evaluation of a British Lung Foundation pilot by A Lewis and NS Hopkinson in Perspectives in Public Health</p
10.1177_1757913919872515_Example_Feedback_from_Tai_chi_leaders – Supplemental material for Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing – evaluation of a British Lung Foundation pilot
No full textSupplemental material, 10.1177_1757913919872515_Example_Feedback_from_Tai_chi_leaders for Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing – evaluation of a British Lung Foundation pilot by A Lewis and NS Hopkinson in Perspectives in Public Health</p
10.1177_1757913919872515_Completers_vs_non-completers_tai_chitable190719 – Supplemental material for Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing – evaluation of a British Lung Foundation pilot
No full textSupplemental material, 10.1177_1757913919872515_Completers_vs_non-completers_tai_chitable190719 for Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing – evaluation of a British Lung Foundation pilot by A Lewis and NS Hopkinson in Perspectives in Public Health</p
Supplementary Material, Supplementary_material_PPH774079 – Singing for Lung Health: service evaluation of the British Lung Foundation programme
No full textSupplementary Material, Supplementary_material_PPH774079 for Singing for Lung Health: service evaluation of the British Lung Foundation programme by A Lewis, P Cave, NS Hopkinson in Perspectives in Public Health</p
Singing for Lung Health: service evaluation of the British Lung Foundation programme.
No full textAIMS: Singing for Lung Health (SLH) is a novel intervention for individuals with respiratory disease. Qualitative results suggest benefits to physical, mental and emotional health. Limited data also suggest objective improvements in measures of quality of life with SLH are achievable. It is not known how effective the SLH groups supported by the British Lung Foundation (BLF) in the UK are. The objective was to understand the clinical impact SLH has on individuals with respiratory disease. METHODS: The BLF conducted a questionnaire survey of singers with respiratory disease from new SLH groups set up in 2016-2017. Questionnaires were administered prior to participants' first session and after 12 weeks of singing. Health-related quality of life, patient activation, anxiety and breathlessness outcomes were included. Healthcare resource utilisation including general practitioner (GP) visits, hospitalisations and frequency of inhaler use were recorded. RESULTS: A total of 228 singers participated from 26 SLH groups in the UK. Participants were 70.7 (10.1) years old, 156 (68.4%) were female and 114 (47.5%) had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In all, 113 (49.5%) participants provided 12-week data. There were significant improvements in COPD Assessment Test (CAT) score (Mean = -1.4, CI: (-0.25 to -2.48) ( p = .017)). Furthermore, 45% of singers reported reduced GP visits ( p ≤ .001) and 18% reported reduced hospital admissions ( p = .01). However, there were no significant improvements in general quality of life, anxiety, patient activation, breathlessness or inhaler use. Baseline characteristics were not significantly different between people who completed the 12-week evaluation and those who did not. CONCLUSIONS: This service evaluation found that participants in SLH groups report improvement in respiratory health-related quality of life and a reduction in healthcare utilisation. SLH has potential economic and health benefits. Therefore, to confirm these findings, these endpoints should be evaluated further in large-scale randomised controlled trials (RCTs)
Tai Chi movements for wellbeing - evaluation of a British Lung Foundation pilot
No full textAims:
In breathless individuals with respiratory disease, pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) can improve exercise capacity, symptoms and ability to cope with their condition. However, access is often limited, and adherence can be poor. Thus, there is interest in developing alternative and complementary forms of exercise intervention and tai chi may be effective in this context.
Method:
The British Lung Foundation worked in collaboration with ‘Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing’ Training to train leaders to run community-based tai chi groups in the UK. Leaders received funding to run 3 months of once-a-week classes consisting of a 12 movement sequence of tai chi. Participants completed a questionnaire survey to evaluate the service at the start of their first session and again after 3 months.
Results:
Ten tai chi groups recruited 128 participants, 65% women, mean (standard deviation (SD)) age 70.1 (7.4) years at baseline. Seventy individuals completed the follow-up questionnaire at 3 months. Participants demonstrated an improvement in Medical Research Council (MRC) Dyspnoea Score pre 3 (interquartile range (IQR) = 1.8), post 2 (IQR = 1), p = .013 and disease burden; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) assessment test score pre 19.4 (8.7), post 17.9 (9.4), mean change –1.5 (confidence interval (CI): –2.89 to –0.127), p = .033. Those who completed the programme had a worse baseline COPD assessment test (CAT) score and were more likely to have participated in maintenance exercise previously. Qualitative feedback suggested that participants felt the classes had helped with breathlessness and relaxation.
Conclusion:
Establishing a tai chi for wellbeing programme for people with respiratory disease is feasible, with a reasonable level of compliance, and is perceived to be helpful by participants
Music and dance in chronic lung disease
No full textArts in Health interventions show potential to improve the quality of life of people with chronic lung disease. Listening to music, making music, and dance have accepted and established roles in the lives of people without chronic disease. However, their potential utility in chronic disease management is infrequently considered by medical professionals. The aim of this review is to examine the use of music and dance in the treatment and self-management of chronic lung disease. Although the evidence base is currently limited, existing research suggests a range of biopsychosocial benefits. As personalised medicine and social prescribing become more prominent, further research is required to establish the role of arts interventions in chronic lung disease
Singing for Lung Health: a qualitative assessment of a British Lung Foundation programme for group leaders
No full textSinging for Lung Health (SLH) is a novel intervention for individuals with respiratory disease. Qualitative results have been positive for benefits to physical, mental and emotional health. Limited existing data suggest objective improvements in measures of quality of life with SLH are also achievable. Researchers investigated whether SLH groups supported by the British Lung Foundation (BLF) in the UK provide clinical benefit for individuals with respiratory disease.
The BLF conducted a questionnaire survey of 171 singers with respiratory disease from its SLH groups in 2016-2017. Questionnaires were administered prior to participants’ first session of singing and at 12 weeks following singing. There were significant improvements in CAT score (Mean -1.2 CI: 0.16-2.54 (P: 0.027)) PAM score: Median 2.5 (P: 0.049) and EQ VAS: Median 5 (P: 0.023) Furthermore, there were significant reductions in GP visits (P: 0.0009) and hospital admissions (P: 0.049).
This evaluation found that participants in singing for lung health groups report improvement in health-related quality of life and a reduction in healthcare utilisation. This suggests that these endpoints should be evaluated further in randomised control trials
Validation of simulated real world TCP stacks
No full textThe TCP models in ns-2 have been validated and are widely used in network research. They are however not aimed at producing results consistent with a TCP implementation, they are rather designed to be a general model for TCP congestion control. The Network Simulation Cradle makes real world TCP implementations available to ns-2: Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD can all be simulated as easily as using the original simplified models. These simulated TCP implementations can be validated by directly comparing packet traces from simulations to traces measured from a real network. We describe the Network Simulation Cradle, present packet trace comparison results showing the high degree of accuracy possible when simulating with real TCP implementations and briefly show how this is reflected in a simulation study of TCP throughput
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