Table 4

Candidate events as potential triggers

Lifelong trajectory of COPDPotential candidate events
I Events that signify increasing burden

  • Increasing burden of disease

  • Shifting priorities of care

  • Increasing carer burden

II Events that correspond to interventions addressing the consequences of advancing disease

  • Requesting a ‘disabled parking/‘blue’ badge

  • Home adaptations

  • Hospital admissions

  • Appointment frequency

  • House-bound

  • COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.