Capturing experiences of patients living with COPD.

The prevalence and incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the UK and worldwide is continuing to grow. Surveys are the most common method of collecting information about patients' views, health outcomes and experiences of healthcare. COPD-specific patient-reported outcome measures and quality of life measures exist but there is no COPD-specific patient-reported experience measure; this article describes the stages of developing one.