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Slavica Kochovska

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, IMPACCT, University of Technology Sydney
Verified email at uts.edu.au
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Advance care planning in different settings for people with dementia: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

AJ Kelly, T Luckett, JM Clayton, L Gabb… - … & supportive care, 2019 - cambridge.org
BackgroundAdvance care planning (ACP) is identified as being an important process for
people with dementia. However, its efficacy for improving outcomes relevant for the …

Re-defining moral distress: A systematic review and critical re-appraisal of the argument-based bioethics literature

C Sanderson, L Sheahan, S Kochovska… - Clinical …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The concept of moral distress comes from nursing ethics, and was initially defined as '…
when one knows the right thing to do, but institutional constraints make it nearly impossible …

Components of palliative care interventions addressing the needs of people with dementia living in long-term care: a systematic review

S Kochovska, MV Garcia, F Bunn… - Palliative …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: People with dementia requiring palliative care have multiple needs, which are
amplified in long-term care settings. The European Association for Palliative Care White …

[HTML][HTML] Breathlessness, anxiety, depression, and function–the BAD-F study: a cross-sectional and population prevalence study in adults

DC Currow, S Chang, HK Reddel… - Journal of pain and …, 2020 - jpsmjournal.com
Context Breathlessness is associated with depression, but its relationship to anxiety or
impaired function is less clear. Objectives This study evaluated associations between …

[HTML][HTML] Two faces of the same coin: a qualitative study of patients' and carers' coexistence with chronic breathlessness associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary …

DH Ferreira, S Kochovska, A Honson, JL Phillips… - BMC Palliative Care, 2020 - Springer
Background Chronic breathlessness is a recognized clinical syndrome that severely impacts
patients and carers, who become increasingly restricted in their daily activities. Often …

Multicomponent non-pharmacological intervention to prevent delirium for hospitalised people with advanced cancer: study protocol for a phase II cluster randomised …

A Hosie, J Phillips, L Lam, S Kochovska, B Noble… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Delirium is a significant medical complication for hospitalised patients. Up to
one-third of delirium episodes are preventable in older inpatients through non …

Health service utilisation associated with chronic breathlessness: random population sample

DC Currow, S Chang, M Ekström… - ERJ open …, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background Most health service utilisation studies are of people with specific diagnoses or
demographic characteristics, and rarely of specific chronic symptoms. The aim of this study …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the experience of breathlessness with the Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CSM)

KN Johnston, R Burgess, S Kochovska, MT Williams - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chronic breathlessness is a multidimensional, unpleasant symptom common to many health
conditions. The Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CSM) was developed to help …

[HTML][HTML] Lower workforce participation is associated with more severe persisting breathlessness

J Clark, S Chang, I Kinchin, D Ferreira… - BMC pulmonary …, 2022 - Springer
Background Not being able to work has negative health, social and financial consequences.
Persisting breathlessness is prevalent in working-aged people. Is it associated with lower …

Care partner needs of people with neurodegenerative disorders: What are the needs, and how well do the current assessment tools capture these needs? A …

I Kinchin, L Edwards, E Adrion, Y Chen… - … Journal of Geriatric …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The burden on care partners, particularly once dementia emerges, is among the
greatest of all caregiving groups. This meta‐review aimed to (1) synthesis evidence on the …