The national COPD screening programme in China: rationale and design.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COPD is the most prevalent chronic respiratory disease in China. It is estimated that there is a large, as-yet undetected, high-risk population who will develop in COPD in future.

Methods and design

In this context, a nationwide COPD screening programme was launched on 9 October 2021. This multistage sequential screening programme incorporates a previously validated questionnaire (i.e. COPD Screening Questionnaire) and pre- and post-bronchodilator spirometry to target the COPD high-risk population. The programme plans to recruit 800 000 participants (eligible age 35-75 years) from 160 districts or counties of 31 provinces, autonomous regions or municipalities across China. The filtered COPD high-risk population and early-detected COPD patients will receive

SUBMITTER: Lei J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10123511 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature