Emphasizes the clinical importance of incorporating patient-reported assessments of breathlessness into chronic heart failure management to improve self-care and prevent adverse outcomes.
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May inform personalized breathlessness strategies in HF self-care; hypothesis-generating for outcome benefits in prospective trials.
Health care professionals need to take account of each patient's personal assessment of their own breathlessness and how this is having an effect on their life and ability to undertake activities of daily living. Self-care management strategies need to be developed so that subtle changes can be assessed by the patient and reviewed by the healthcare professional to avoid hospitalisation and increased mortality risks.
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