End-of-life preferences of people with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Objectives: To identify end-of-life preferences of people with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and to compare characteristics between those who wish to discuss the end-of-life and those who do not.

Methods: An analysis of the baseline data of a randomised controlled trial was performed including people with COPD GOLD stages III-IV or former quadrant D with modified Medical Research Council questionnaire grade ≥2, after hospital discharge following an exacerbation. Participants were interviewed using the End-of-Life Preferences Interview.