A critical interpretive synthesis of the lived experiences and health and patient-reported outcomes of people living with COPD who isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Conflict of interest: F. Forsyth reports grants from Evelyn Trust; outside the submitted work. B. Bowers reports Wellcome Trust Research Fellowship 2022–2027; lecture honoraria from Oxford Palliative Care Symptom Management Course 2022; and a leadership role as a Community Nursing Research Consultant (paid role), Queen's Nursing Institute Charity; outside the submitted work. J. Fuld reports lecture honoraria from AstraZeneca; outside the submitted work. All other authors have nothing to disclose."

"Support statement: F. Forsyth is supported by the Evelyn Trust."

"We conducted a systematic review and critical interpretive synthesis (CIS). The protocol was registered on the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero identifier CRD42021261907). The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement [] has been used to structure this report."