This video is intended to provide more information on the importance of singing to support those living with chronic lung conditions. The video includes information on the research behind singing to support chronic lung conditions, details about how practitioners support those living with chronic lung conditions coming to their singing groups and events, and highlights key organisations working in this area – notably the Cheyne Gang.
Featured in the video:
Brianna Robertson-Kirkland, Principal Investigator, Scotland’s Singing for Health Network
Panna Muqit, GP and Generalist Clinical Mentor, University of St Andrews
Anne Ritchie, Coordinator for Cheyne Gang
Sophie Boyd, Singing for Health Leader and Research Consultant for Scotland’s Singing for Health Network
Filmed and edited by Louise Mathers, https://louisemather.com/
The production of this video was funded by the Founders Fund for Creatives – https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/ris/innovation/trainingopportunitiesevents/foundersfundforcreatives/
Research cited:
Boyd, Sophia Francesca (2021) Singing bodies: Cultural geographies of song and health in Glasgow. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow. https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/82632.
Philip, K. E., Lewis, A., Buttery, S. C., McCabe, C., Manivannan, B., Fancourt, D., Orton, C. M., Polkey, M. I. and Hopkinson, N. S. (2021) ‘Physiological demands of singing for lung health compared with treadmill walking’, BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 8(1), p. e000959. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2021-000959.
Philip, K., Lewis, A. and Hopkinson, N. S. (2019) ‘Music and dance in chronic lung disease’, Breathe, 15(2), pp. 116–120. doi: 10.1183/20734735.0007-2019.
Philip KE, Lewis A, Jeffery E, Buttery S, Cave P, Cristiano D, Lound A, Taylor K, Man WD, Fancourt D, Polkey MI, Hopkinson NS. (2020) Moving singing for lung health online in response to COVID-19: experience from a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2020 Nov;7(1):e000737. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2020-000737. PMID: 33239406; PMCID: PMC7689537.
Scottish Government (2021) Respiratory Care Action Plan 2021-2026, https://www.gov.scot/publications/respiratory-care-action-plan-scotland-2021-2026/. Accessed September 2024.
More details about the Network
Website: https://portal.rcs.ac.uk/scotland-singing-for-health-network/
Get in touch: singing-for-health@rcs.ac.uk
X (formally Twitter): @ScotSingHealth
