Table 1.
Study sites and patient characteristics
| Location of participating BE centers | |
| Total number of centers | 9 |
| U.S. based centers | 8 |
| UK based centers | 1 |
| Number of patients per BE center | |
| Total number of participating patients | 100 |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | 5 |
| Mount Sinai Downtown | 11 |
| Mount Sinai Uptown | 30 |
| Royal Papworth | 7 |
| University of North Carolina | 11 |
| Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital | 9 |
| Cleveland Clinic | 9 |
| Cleveland Clinic–Independence Family Health Center | 10 |
| National Jewish Health | 8 |
| Distribution of IMPACT BE utilization by care team member per encounter | |
| Total number of encounters | 124 |
| M.D. | 46 |
| R.N. | 21 |
| R.T. | 18 |
| P.T. | 16 |
| N.P./P.A. | 15 |
| M.A./C.N.A. | 8 |
| Participating patients | |
| Age, yr, median (range) | 67 (22–90) |
| Sex, % (n) | |
| Female | 69 (69) |
| Male | 31 (31) |
| Ethnicity,* % (n) | |
| White non-Hispanic | 70 (70) |
| Black non-Hispanic | 4 (4) |
| Hispanic | 1 (1) |
| Asian | 1 (1) |
| FEV1,† L, mean (range) | 1.78 (0.71–5.00) |
Definition of abbreviations: BE = bronchiectasis; FEV1 = forced expiratory volume in 1 second; IMPACT BE = Individual Management of Patient Airway Clearance Therapy–Bronchiectasis; M.A./C.A.N. = medical assistant/certified nursing assistant; M.D. = medical doctor; N.P./P.A. = nurse practitioner/physician’s assistant; P.T. = physical therapist; R.N. = registered nurse; R.T. = respiratory therapist.
Race and ethnicity data were captured for a subset of patients (n = 76).
FEV1 was captured for a subset of patients (n = 73).