Schedule of topics for focus group study
| 1. What does self-management mean to you? |
| 2. What aspects of your bronchiectasis are currently easy to self-manage? |
| 3. What aspects of your bronchiectasis are currently difficult to self-manage? |
| 4. How could self-management be improved in relation to information about medication, physiotherapy, nutrition, exercise and hospital admissions? |
| 5. What contact do you currently have with the bronchiectasis service? |
| What is good about that contact? |
| What is not so good about that contact? |
| 6. How could the bronchiectasis service help you manage your bronchiectasis better at home? |
| 7. Are there other measures that could help you manage your bronchiectasis better at home e.g. childcare, care of elderly relatives, assistance from other agencies? |
| 8. Why would you like to be able to self-manage? |
| 9. What sorts of issues limit self-management generally? |