Early detection of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Worldwide, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains largely underdiagnosed.

Aim

To assess whether the use of Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) questions and COPD coordination, either alone or combined, would detect new COPD cases in primary care.

Design and setting

GPs in Brittany, France, systematically enrolled patients aged 40-80 years over a 4-month period in this French multicentre cluster randomised controlled study.

Method

GPs were randomly allocated to one of four groups: control (standard of care), GOLD questions (adapted from symptoms and risk factors identified by GOLD), COPD coordination, and GOLD questions with COPD coordination. New cases of COPD were those confirmed by spirometry: post-bronchodil

SUBMITTER: Chapron A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10633669 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature