A Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Approach to Co-Design a Walking Football Intervention for People with Chronic Breathlessness

Background

Walking football (WF) was identified as a potential solution for exercise maintenance after pulmonary rehabilitation. However, WF has not previously been made available to people with chronic breathlessness. This work undertook a novel approach to Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in which PPIE members, recruited from Breathe Easy Darlington (a charity), helped to co-design a WF intervention for people with chronic breathlessness.