Lungs in Action: Minimum Dataset Project

• Develop and finalise the Lungs in Action minimum dataset in collaboration with Lung Foundation Australia and the Lungs in Action Program Working Group.
• Prepare and submit ethics application in collaboration with Lung Foundation Australia. Review of ethics considerations and resubmission (if requested).
• Design participant questionnaire and Instructor survey and finalise.
• Upload participant health questionnaire and Instructor survey on Qualtrics and testing of questionnaires and functionality.
• Downloading and data matching of participant questionnaire and Instructor survey initially first 3 months interim monitoring.
• Review processes and instructions based on interim monitoring of data collection to inform longitudinal evaluation.
• Data analysis including matching of data from health questionnaires, functional testing, and attendance records. Analysis to include comparison against normative data.
• Develop an interim report for Lung Foundation Australia (initial 3-month phase), outlining themes, demographics and improvement in health outcomes, initial scoping of cost-benefit of participation.
• Support analysis and reporting of contractual Lungs in Action grants, as possible from existing dataset.