Singing for Lung Health: service evaluation of the British Lung Foundation programme

Perspectives in Public Health
Adam LewisNicholas S Hopkinson

Abstract

Singing for Lung Health (SLH) is a novel intervention for individuals with respiratory disease. Qualitative results suggest benefits to physical, mental and emotional health. Limited data also suggest objective improvements in measures of quality of life with SLH are achievable. It is not known how effective the SLH groups supported by the British Lung Foundation (BLF) in the UK are. The objective was to understand the clinical impact SLH has on individuals with respiratory disease. The BLF conducted a questionnaire survey of singers with respiratory disease from new SLH groups set up in 2016-2017. Questionnaires were administered prior to participants' first session and after 12 weeks of singing. Health-related quality of life, patient activation, anxiety and breathlessness outcomes were included. Healthcare resource utilisation including general practitioner (GP) visits, hospitalisations and frequency of inhaler use were recorded. A total of 228 singers participated from 26 SLH groups in the UK. Participants were 70.7 (10.1) years old, 156 (68.4%) were female and 114 (47.5%) had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In all, 113 (49.5%) participants provided 12-week data. There were significant improvements in COPD Ass...Continue Reading

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