Expanding The INSPIRED COPD Outreach Program™ to the emergency department: a feasibility assessment

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Table 1 Patients’ self-reported goals going into INSPIRED-ED and responses

N=15	Goal	Goal(s) met?
1	Support in addressing loneliness and mental health issues	Sort of
2	I hope to calm my breathing and get a little more out of what life I have left; managing anxiety, better mobility, manage SOB	Yes
3	To have the support of the program to give me a way to actively care for myself; keep me active and interested; managing SOB; to be able to get out for a walk; weight management	Did not complete post evaluation
4	To get some tips for breathing; I need to stop smoking	Yes
5	To feel a little bit better and improve my condition; shortness of breath	Did not complete post evaluation
6	Know exactly what I have to do to manage my COPD, both with and without an acute exacerbation taking place, but especially for an acute attack and when I feel fluish or sick; advise and show me things; pulmonary rehab, when I get back from [vacation]	Yes
7	To feel part of something pertaining to COPD; to have a lifeline other than my GP; a needed ear and assurance of needed meds on file at the pharmacy	Yes
8	Not applicable	N/A
9	Maintain good health	Yes
10	To help understand COPD and help people through it; shortness of breath, help with quitting smoking	Partial, learning more but still smoking
11	Tips on what I can do to breathe better; check my breathing; check on me to see if there are improvements or problems	Yes
12	Education; my hopes are to be able to recognize symptoms of COPD before waiting long hours at emerge; you [are helping to better prepared me to manage my COPD] now with this follow-up	Yes
13	Making sure what I’m doing is what required to manage my COPD	Yes
14	Hoping to have my breathing totally under control and to know what to expect; action plan regarding meds and to see if I’m on the right ones	Yes
15	Easier breathing	No

Abbreviations: ED, emergency department; INSPIRED-ED, INSPIRED program to the ED setting; SOB, shortness of breath.

Figure 1 The INSPIRED-ED study flow diagram.

Abbreviations: INSPIRED-ED, INSPIRED program to the ED setting; ED, emergency department; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.