Distribution and changes to survey items and topics between rounds
| Topic | Round 1 n | Change to Round 2 | Round 2 n | Change to Round 3 | Round 3 n | |
| 1 | Approaches to the prevention of respiratory disease | 6 | +1 | 7 | −3 | 4 |
| 2 | Self-management of chronic respiratory disease | 7 | +1 | 8 | −1 | 7 |
| 3 | Pulmonary rehabilitation | 8 | −3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
| 4 | Psychological interventions | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Management of long-term respiratory conditions | 10 | −4 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Family and unpaid carers | 3 | −1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 4 | 0 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
| 8 | Management of asthma | 6 | −1 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| 9 | Management of bronchiectasis | 3 | 0 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
| 10 | Management of cystic fibrosis# | 3 | −3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Management of interstitial lung disease | 2 | +2 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Management of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome# | 2 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Organisation and delivery of care | 9 | −1 | 8 | −1 | 7 |
| 14 | Education and training of nurses | 4 | +3 | 7 | −1 | 6 |
| 15 | Telehealth and telemedicine# | 4 | −4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Palliative care | 4 | +1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 78 | −11 | 67 | −12 | 55 | |
#: Topics 10, 12 and 15 were removed based on analysis of Round 1 data, leaving 13 topics for Rounds 2 and 3.