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

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

Natasha Lovell  1   2 , Simon N Etkind  3   4   2 , Joanna M Davies  3 , Wendy Prentice  5 , Irene J Higginson  3 , Katherine E Sleeman  3
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Effect of listening to breathing recordings on self-reported breathlessness: a public experiment

Natasha Lovell et al. Eur Respir J. .

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

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Conflict of interest: The authors have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

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FIGURE 1
Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) scores prior to listening to any recordings of breathlessness, and after listening to four randomly ordered recordings of breathlessness.
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