Qualifications
- PhD / DPhil (Hull York Medical School)
Summary
Dr F Swan is a research fellow who has clinical and academic expertise in physiotherapy with particular regard to interventions for chronic breathlessness and palliative rehabilitation.
One of her key areas of research interest is the role of the handheld fan for the management of chronic breathlessness.
She is also interested in cancer rehabilitation and currently is working on a Yorkshire Cancer Research funded project to develop and test a tailored wellbeing intervention (Physical Activity and nutrition) to deliver to older people with lung cancer before, during and after cancer treatments (CanBenefit II).
Journal Article
Complex breathlessness intervention in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (BREEZE-IPF): a feasibility, wait-list design randomised controlled trial
Crooks, M. G., Wright, C., Hart, S., Allgar, V., English, A., Swan, F., Dyson, J., Richardson, G., Twiddy, M., Cohen, J., Simpson, A., Huang, C., Sykes, D. L., & Johnson, M. (2025). Complex breathlessness intervention in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (BREEZE-IPF): a feasibility, wait-list design randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 12(1), Article e002327. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2024-002327
ERS guideline recommendation on airflow for breathlessness: the pitfalls of applying GRADE evidence ratings to complex non-pharmacological interventions
Luckett, T., Swan, F., Clark, J., Roberts, M., Pearson, M., Hutchinson, A., Currow, D., Kochovska, S., Crooks, M., Smith, T., & Johnson, M. (2025). ERS guideline recommendation on airflow for breathlessness: the pitfalls of applying GRADE evidence ratings to complex non-pharmacological interventions. European respiratory journal, 65(2), Article 2402244. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02244-2024
The handheld fan for chronic breathlessness: Clinicians' experiences and views of implementation in clinical practice
Brown, J., Miller, I., Barnes-Harris, M., Johnson, M. J., Pearson, M., Luckett, T., & Swan, F. (2023). The handheld fan for chronic breathlessness: Clinicians' experiences and views of implementation in clinical practice. PLoS ONE, 18(11), Article e0294748. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294748
Airflow rates and breathlessness recovery from submaximal exercise in healthy adults: prospective, randomised, cross-over study
Brew, A., O'Beirne, S., Johnson, M. J., Ramsenthaler, C., Watson, P., Rubini, P. A., Fagan, M. J., Swan, F., & Simpson, A. (online). Airflow rates and breathlessness recovery from submaximal exercise in healthy adults: prospective, randomised, cross-over study. BMJ supportive & palliative care, https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2023-004309
Research interests
- Non-pharmacological interventions for the management of chronic breathlessness, in particular research on the handheld fan
- Cancer rehabilitation in particular research on physical activity and well-being interventions for older people with lung cancer before, during and after cancer treatments.
Co-investigator
Project
Funder
Grant
Started
Status
Project
BREEZE 2: A randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention to manage breathlessness in pulmonary fibrosis
Funder
NIHR National Institute for Health Research
Grant
£397,551.00
Started
1 April 2024
Status
Ongoing
Project
Adapting a smartphone-based rehabilitation programme for older adults living with and beyond cancer: an intervention development study
Funder
NIHR National Institute for Health Research
Grant
£135,659.00
Started
1 April 2022
Status
Complete
Project
Living well with chronic breathlessness: Improving the sustainable use of supported self-management strategies
Funder
NIHR National Institute for Health Research
Grant
£168,478.00
Started
1 March 2023
Status
Complete
Postgraduate supervision
Undergraduate students:
Eloise Meulen, Bachelor of Exercise Physiology (Honours Research), University of South Australia. Project: Explaining breathlessness for people living with chronic breathlessness: Field testing a process to understand helpfulness and understandability of explanations. Thesis examiner
Josh Brown and Isobel Miller, INSPIRE programme, Hull York Medical School. Project: Implementation of the handheld fan in clinical practice; qualitative interviews of clinicians’ experience and perceptions of use, barriers and facilitators. Project supervisor
Gamze Keser, INSPIRE programme, HYMS. Project: The implementation of the handheld fan in clinical practice; a survey of clinicians’ experience and barriers and facilitators to use. Project supervisor
Andrew Brew and Sarah O’ Beine, INSPIRE programme, Hull York Medical School. Project: Fan Facial Airflow Recovery from Exercise in healthy participants (FanFARE-H). Project co-supervisor
Aliya Prihartadi and Giovanna Licastro, INSPIRE programme, Hull York Medical School. Project: A scoping review of non-medical devices for chronic breathlessness: use, barriers and facilitators for patients, carers and clinicians Project co-supervisor
Postgraduate students:
Thomas Burrell, MSc Sports, Health and Exercise Science, University of Hull. Project: Fan Facial Airflow Recovery from Exercise in people with chronic breathlessness (FanFare-P) Project co-supervisor