Understanding Practice Patterns of COPD: A Survey of Physicians in Nepal, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There is much recent data from Nepal, Sri Lanka and Malaysia that can help us understand the practice patterns of physicians regarding the diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in these countries. We conducted this survey to understand the practice patterns of physicians related to the diagnosis and management of COPD in these three countries.

Methods

This questionnaire-based, observational, multicentre, cross-sectional survey was carried out with 438 randomly selected physicians consulting COPD patients.

Results

In the survey, 73.29% of the physicians consulted at least five COPD patients daily (all patients > 40 years of age). 31.14% of the COPD patients visiting their doctors were women. Among physicians, 95.12% repor

SUBMITTER: Chokhani R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8137754 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature