Demographics | Age; marital status; occupation status; highest education attained; technology (mobile or smartphone; personal computer; laptop); smoking history. |
Disease experience | Can you discuss your experience of your COPD? |
What is the role of family and friends when managing your COPD? |
What types of self-management practices do you perform? |
How do you feel about self-managing? |
Can you discuss how you manage your symptoms? |
Can you tell me about an exacerbation you had? |
Can you discuss the last time you ended up in the GP clinic and/or hospital? |
Healthcare experience | Can you tell me about the kinds of care you receive or have received for your COPD? |
How do you feel about the care you receive for your COPD? |
Is the care you are receiving meeting your needs? |
Health data and DHT | Do you record/log information about your health? If so, why/how? If not, why? |
Do you think you could provide HCPs (e.g. GP or consultant) with more information about your health day-to-day? |
What types of information do you think your doctor should have about your health? |
How would you feel about using a DHT (e.g. oximeter, COPD-related smartphone app, spirometer, self-reported outcomes platform, etc.), to generate health information/data about yourself? |
What do you think about capturing information/data in the home? |
How might collecting health information/data at home impact how you manage your COPD? |
Can you discuss why you might share information/data you collect with your HCP? |
How do you think these types of information/data could be used by your HCP to manage and treat your COPD? |
Can you tell me how these types of data could be collected that would be suitable for you and your needs? |