Dr Flavia Swan

Dr Flavia Swan

Research fellow in cancer rehabilitation

+44 (0)1482 463150 | F.Swan@hull.ac.uk

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Hull York Medical School

Related groups

  • Wolfson Palliative Care Research Group

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).

MBBS undergraduate Health and Society, Professionalism and ethics, Phase II Critically Appraised Topics (CAT marking).

Recent outputs

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Dataset

The handheld fan for chronic breathlessness: Clinicians' experiences and views of implementation in clinical practice

Swan, F., Johnson, M., Pearson, M., Luckett, T., Brown, J., & Miller, I. The handheld fan for chronic breathlessness: Clinicians’ experiences and views of implementation in clinical practice. [Dataset]

Miriam Johnson Mark Pearson

Journal Article

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., …Simpson, A. (in press). 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

Philip Rubini Miriam Johnson Andrew Simpson

Mixed-methods feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of a paramedic-administered breathlessness management intervention for acute-on-chronic breathlessness (BREATHE): study findings

Hutchinson, A., Allgar, V., Cohen, J., Currow, D. C., Griffin, S., Hart, S., …Johnson, M. J. (2022). Mixed-methods feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of a paramedic-administered breathlessness management intervention for acute-on-chronic breathlessness (BREATHE): study findings. ERJ Open Research, 8(4), Article 00257-2022. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00257-2022

Matthew Northgraves Simon Hart Miriam Johnson Joanne Reeve Ann Hutchinson Judith Cohen

Implementing the battery-operated hand-held fan as an evidence-based, non-pharmacological intervention for chronic breathlessness in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a qualitative study of the views of specialist respiratory clinicians

Luckett, T., Roberts, M., Smith, T., Garcia, M., Dunn, S., Swan, F., …Johnson, M. J. (2022). Implementing the battery-operated hand-held fan as an evidence-based, non-pharmacological intervention for chronic breathlessness in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a qualitative study of the views of specialist respiratory clinicians. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 22(1), Article 129. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-022-01925-z

Miriam Johnson Mark Pearson

Non-medical devices for chronic breathlessness: use, barriers and facilitators for patients, carers and clinicians - a scoping review

Prihartadi, A. S., Impelliziere Licastro, G., Pearson, M., Johnson, M. J., Luckett, T., & Swan, F. (in press). Non-medical devices for chronic breathlessness: use, barriers and facilitators for patients, carers and clinicians - a scoping review. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2021-002962

Miriam Johnson Mark Pearson

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

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

Ongoing

Project

Living well with chronic breathlessness: Improving the sustainable use of supported self-management strategies

Funder

NIHR National Institute for Health Research

Grant

£147,034.00

Started

1 March 2023

Status

Ongoing

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

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