Practical approach lung health-global alliance against chronic respiratory diseases (PAL-GARD) initiative in Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To evaluate the impact of training primary care physicians (PCPs) in the use of the practical approach lung health-global alliance against chronic respiratory diseases (PAL-GARD) upon their diagnostic skills.

Methods

In this real-life three-phase study, PCPs were allocated to a PAL-GARD training or control group. Patients who sought a primary care health facility due to cough, dyspnea and/or wheezing were eligible. The clinical diagnoses made by PCPs during the baseline and post-intervention phase were audited by a panel of pulmonologists. Kappa inter-rater statistics was used to compare agreement between PCPs and pulmonologists.

Results

Thirty PCPs evaluated 536 patients, 358 in the intervention and 178 in the control group. According to Kappa, there was a

SUBMITTER: Sao Jose BP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9344410 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature