Table 1.

Number of participants in each part of the study

	Public	Patients with COPD	Managers and commissioners		Doctors	Nurses	Ambulance crews
Questionnaires	65	62	10		22	22	68
(Target)	(60)	(60)	(15)		(20)	(20)	(20)
Paper	65	62	8		1	5	4
Electronic	0	0	2		21	17	64
Gender
Male	26	27
Female	37	29
Not stated	2	6
Age ranges
16–39	12	NA	Years qualified
40–49	11	NA	0–5	10	20	22	62
50–59	18	9	≥6	0	0	0	0
60–69	11	22	Not stated	0	2	0	8
70–79	8	22
≥80 years	2	7
Not stated	3	2
Telephone Interviews	NA	18	None agreed		10	10	11
(Target)		(15)	(15)		(10)	(10)	(10)
Focus Groups	NA	Focus group with 6 participants	None agreed to take part		None agreed to take part or times not convenient		Focus group with 7 participants
(Target)		(8)	(8)		(8)		(8)

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; NA, not applicable.