Publications by authors named "Judith Waterhouse"
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- * Conducted over four months, the feasibility study involved 11 out of 22 screened participants, with 10 starting IMT and 7 completing follow-ups; the intervention consisted of eight weeks of IMT sessions led by a physiotherapist, followed by unsupervised training.
- * Results showed that IMT was generally accepted, adherence was monitored using specific devices and diaries, and four participants later chose to engage in PR after the study.
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is classified into five groups based on disease etiology but there is only limited information on the prognostic value of exercise testing in non-group 1 PH. In group 1 PH, the incremental shuttle walking test (ISWT) distance has been shown to correlate with pulmonary hemodynamics and predict survival without a ceiling effect. This study assessed the ISWT in non-group 1 PH.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: To ensure effective monitoring of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a simple, reliable assessment of exercise capacity applicable over a range of disease severity is needed. The aim of this study was to assess the ability of the incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) to correlate with disease severity, measure sensitivity to change, and predict survival in PAH.
Methods: We enrolled 418 treatment-naïve patients with PAH with baseline ISWT within 3 months of cardiac catheterization.
Purpose: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with substantial morbidity, including impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Despite the prominent role of occupational factors in the aetiology of COPD, the relationship between these exposures and HRQoL has not been well elucidated.
Methods: A subpopulation from an epidemiological study, designed to assess the workplace contribution to COPD, was administered the EQ5D HRQoL tool.
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- - The study aimed to evaluate how workplace exposures contribute to the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a community with many industrial jobs in Sheffield, U.K.
- - Researchers collected data from 4,000 residents over 55 and found that exposure to vapours, gases, dusts, and fumes (VGDF) significantly increased the risk of COPD, with notable population attributable risk values indicating a strong association.
- - This study supports existing evidence linking occupational factors to COPD, demonstrating that both self-reported exposure and a job exposure matrix (JEM) method highlight risks in an industrial community.
Rationale: Current literature suggests that flour exposed workers continue to be at risk of allergic sensitization to flour dust and respiratory ill health.
Objectives: A cross-sectional study of 225 workers currently potentially exposed to flour dust in British bakeries was performed to identify predictors of sensitization to wheat flour and enzymes.
Results: Work-related nasal irritation was the most commonly reported symptom (28.
Introduction: This study aims to quantify global and regional changes of diffusive motion of 3He gas within the lung, as determined by hyperpolarized 3He MR apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurement, in non-smokers, smokers and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients.
Methods: Age-matched groups of six healthy non-smokers, five healthy smokers and five patients with COPD. The experiments were performed with approval from the local Research Ethics Committee.