Table 1.

Interview Questions Designed to Create Discussion and Share Experiences

Interview Questions	Purpose of Question and Supporting Literature
1. Share your experience of managing a COPD patient in ED using COPD-X national guidelines in your day-to-day practice 2. In your experience what aspects of COPD-X guideline are used more frequently than the others depending on your discipline	Role clarification, decreased awareness and lack of familiarity are some reasons for suboptimal COPD treatment16,23
3. In your experience, what aspects of COPD-X plan are poorly adhered to by doctors, nurses and interdisciplinary team	Lack of integrated care affects health related quality of life (Hrqol) of COPD patients24,25
4. Share an experience that highlights barriers whilst providing holistic care for AECOPD patients as per COPD-X plan	Publication of guidelines has not achieved optimal COPD treatment, hence exploring barriers to adherence needs emphasis in future research16,26
5. Share an example of probable solutions to the barriers that are experienced in using the COPD X plan guideline or caring for presentations in the emergency department with an episode of COPD exacerbation	Explore probable solutions such as having guidelines and cues accessible at point of care may improve concordance16,26

Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; AECOPD, acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.