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Table S3.

SPICT

Components of score	Means of classifying patients on the basis of score
General indicators • Unplanned hospital admissions • Performance status poor or deteriorating (eg, in bed ≥50% time) • Dependent on others for care • Significant weight loss in the last 3–6 months and/or low BMI • Persistent symptoms • Person or family ask for palliative care or focus on quality of life Respiratory-disease specific • “Severe chronic lung disease” • Breathless at rest or on minimal exertion • Needs LTOT • Has needed ventilation for respiratory failure or ventilation is contraindicated	No specific score suggested

Components of score

Means of classifying patients on the basis of score

General indicators
• Unplanned hospital admissions
• Performance status poor or deteriorating (eg, in bed ≥50% time)
• Dependent on others for care
• Significant weight loss in the last 3–6 months and/or low BMI
• Persistent symptoms
• Person or family ask for palliative care or focus on quality of life
Respiratory-disease specific
• “Severe chronic lung disease”
• Breathless at rest or on minimal exertion
• Needs LTOT
• Has needed ventilation for respiratory failure or ventilation is contraindicated

No specific score suggested

Note: Data from Scottish Government. SPICT: Supportive and Palliative Indicators Tool. 2016.¹

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; LTOT, long-term oxygen therapy; SPICT, Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool.