Table 1

Description of included services and studies

Service description						Studies included in the quantitative and thematic synthesis
Service	Country	Conditions	Discipline/staff	Contacts	Duration (weeks)	Author (year)	Design	Effectiveness data		Experience data
Service	Country	Conditions	Discipline/staff	Contacts	Duration (weeks)	Author (year)	Design	N	Quality (%)	N	Quality (%)
Ahmadi et al* 57	Canada	Lung cancer	Nursing Occupational therapy Social work Palliative care (doctors) Oncology (doctors)	2–3 face-to-face 1 class Phone contact for opioid follow-up if needed	4–6
Chan et al 58	Hong Kong	Cancer	Occupational therapy Physiotherapy Home-care nurses Palliative care (doctors, nurses)	Inpatients: daily face-to-face, then two post-discharge Home-care: three face-to-face, then six weekly if needed 1+phone calls	4
Connors et al 48 59	UK	Intrathoracic malignancy	Palliative and respiratory (physiotherapist)	5 face-to-face	1–8	Wood et al (2013)48	Qualitative study	–	-	9	85
Corner et al 18 34 60	UK	Lung cancer or mesothelioma	Trained nurse research practitioners working alongside respiratory clinics	3–8 clinic visits 3–4 phone calls	8–12	Corner (1996)18	Mixed-methods RCT (pilot)	20	88	20	60
Corner et al 18 34 60	UK	Lung cancer or mesothelioma		3–8 clinic visits 3–4 phone calls	8–12	Bredin (1999)34	RCT	102	81	–	–
Douglas et al* 61	UK	Cancer and non-cancer	Respiratory physiotherapist	1–3 clinic visits	1–4
Farquhar et al 19 20 41–43 62–65	UK	Cancer and non-cancer	Occupational therapy Physiotherapy Palliative care (doctor) Access to: respiratory medicine, psychologist	2–4 home visits 3–4 phone calls	4–8	Booth (2006)41	Qualitative study	–	–	19	85
						Farquhar (2010a)42*	Qualitative study	–	–	Missing	40
						Farquhar (2010b)43	Mixed methods before-after study (pilot)	–	–	13	45
						Farquhar (2014)19	Mixed-methods RCT	54	100	20	85
						Farquhar (2016)20	Mixed-methods RCT	79	100	20	80
Goffin et al* 66	Canada	Intrathoracic malignancy	Oncology (doctor) Palliative care (doctor) Respiratory (therapist, doctor) Nursing	1 clinic visit, follow-up needed
Hately et al 46	UK	Lung cancer or mesothelioma	Clinic run by specialist palliative care physiotherapist	3 clinic visits	4–6	Hately et al (2003)46	Uncontrolled mixed-method study	–	–	30	50
Higginson et al 21 44 45 47 67 68	UK	Cancer and non-cancer	Physiotherapy Occupational therapy Palliative care (nurse, social worker, doctor) Respiratory care (doctor)	2 clinic visits 1 home visit 3–4 phone calls	6	Higginson et al (2014)21	Mixed methods RCT	82	100	20	70
						Gysels et al (2015, 2016)44 45	Qualitative	–	–	20	80
						Reilly et al (2016)47	Cross-sectional postal survey	–	–	25	70
Johnson et al 39 40	UK	Lung cancer	Varied by site; could include Physiotherapy Occupational therapy Oncology (nurse) Palliative care	1 face-to-face versus 3 face-to-face Both with one phone call	2–4	Barton et al (2010)39	Feasibility RCT	22	92	–	–
Johnson et al 39 40	UK	Lung cancer			2–4	Johnson et al (2015)40	RCT	124	92	–	–
Kachuik et al* 69	Canada	Lung cancer	Physician Nurse Occupational therapist Respiratory therapist Social worker Above with oncology and palliative care expertise	Clinic visits as needed
McMahon et al* 70	Ireland	Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis or COPD	Advanced nurse practitioner led Physiotherapist Occupational therapist		4–6
Pearce et al* 35	UK	COPD	COPD nurse Physiotherapy Occupational therapy	4 clinic visits	4	Pearce et al (2006)35*	RCT	51	54	–	–
Schunk et al 49 71	Germany	Cancer and non-cancer	Palliative care consultants Respiratory physicians Physiotherapists Access to psychologists, social workers and nurses	2 clinic visits 4 home visits Phone calls as needed	6
Scullion et al 72	UK	Lung cancer	Oncology (nurse) Physiotherapy Occupational therapy Dietician	4 group sessions	4
Ung et al* 73	Canada	Lung cancer	Multidisciplinary team, including a ‘clinical champion’, tailored by local services.	Precise methodology left to individual cancer centres
Yates et al* 36 37	Australia	Lung cancer	Nurse led Based on Corner’s integrated model of dyspnoea	4 face-to-face or phone	4	Yates et al * (2007)37	Quasi-experimental (pilot) and RCT (pilot)	30 and 57	35–46	–	–
Yates et al* 36 37	Australia	Lung cancer	Nurse led Based on Corner’s integrated model of dyspnoea	4 face-to-face or phone	4	Yates et al * (2011)36	RCT	144	69	–	–
Yorke et al 38	UK	Lung cancer	Specialist nurses Physiotherapists Complementary therapists	2 face-to-face 1 phone call	4	Yorke et al (2015)38	RCT (feasibility)	71	92	–	–

↵*Abstract only.
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; RCT, randomised controlled trial; UK United Kingdom.
Quality assessments were completed for studies providing data to the quantitative or thematic synthesis.