Physiotherapy-led, community-based airway clearance services for people with chronic lung conditions: a retrospective descriptive evaluation of an existing model of care

Table 1 Airway clearance service data capture

Service Metrics	Point of service delivery when data is collected				Target participants			Data source			Data collection method
	Referral	Booking	Initial	Discharge	All	COPD	BE	Referral	EMR	Post	Routine	Voluntary
Number of referrals	✓				✓			✓			✓
Date of referral	✓				✓			✓			✓
Referral source	✓				✓			✓			✓
Date of birth (age)	✓				✓			✓			✓
Gender	✓				✓			✓	✓		✓
Diagnosis	✓				✓			✓			✓
Postcode	✓				✓			✓	✓		✓
Initial appointment date		✓	✓		✓				✓		✓
Time to first appointment			✓		✓				✓		✓
On-referrals made^b				✓	✓				✓		✓
Occasions of service				✓	✓				✓		✓
Mode of delivery				✓	✓				✓		✓
Length of time in service				✓	✓				✓		✓
Discharge letter sent				✓	✓				✓		✓
Self-reported symptoms			✓		✓					✓		✓
LCQ [23]			✓	✓^a	✓					✓		✓
DASS 21 [22]			✓	✓^a	✓					✓		✓
CAT [21]			✓	✓^a		✓				✓		✓
QOL-B [24]			✓	✓^a			✓			✓		✓
Satisfaction survey				✓	✓					✓		✓

EMR Electronic Medical Record, LCQ Leicester Cough Questionnaire, CAT COPD Assessment Tool, DASS 21 Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale, QOL-B Quality of Life – Bronchiectasis, COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, BE Bronchiectasis
^aPost questionnaires sent if pre questionnaires completed
^bRecorded any referrals made to other health professionals during the client’s engagement with the ACS

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