Table 1

Characteristics of written action plans

Study	Individualised	Treatment instructions
Study	Individualised	When to increase treatment	How to increase treatment	How long to increase treatment	When to get help
NS = not stated.
Written action plan based on Beasley et al*.⁴⁷
†Written action plan based on Charlton.⁴⁸
‡Treatment based on British Thoracic Society guidelines.⁴⁹
§Based on Woolcock.⁵⁰
Individualised written action plans
Cote et al⁸	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cowie et al⁹*†	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Gallefoss et al^10–¹⁴	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ghosh et al¹⁵*	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Grampian¹⁶	Yes	Yes	Yes	NS	Yes
Hayward et al¹⁷	Yes	Yes	NS	NS	Yes
Heard et al¹⁸†	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ignacio-Garcia¹⁹	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Jones et al²⁰*	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lahdensuo et al²¹	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Levy et al²²*	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Moudgil et al²³‡	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Perneger et al²⁴	Yes	Yes	Yes	NS	Yes
Schermer et al²⁵	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sommaragua et al²⁶	Yes	Yes	Yes	NS	Yes
Yoon et al²⁷§	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zeiger et al²⁸	Yes	Yes	Yes	NS	NS
Incomplete action plans
Bailey et al²⁹	Yes	NS	NS	NS	NS
George et al³⁰	?	NS	NS	NS	NS
Knoell et al³¹	Yes	NS	NS	NS	NS
Kotses et al³²	Yes	NS	NS	NS	NS
Non-specific action plans
Abdulwadud et al³³	No	NS	NS	NS	NS
Bailey et al³⁴	No	NS	NS	NS	Yes
Kotses et al³⁵	No	NS	NS	NS	NS
Mulloy et al³⁶	No	NS	NS	NS	NS
Snyder et al³⁷	No	NS	NS	NS	NS