Table 4 Percentage of overall guideline adherence in population based COPD and hospital recruited COPD patients by the categorical variables gender, education, respiratory symptoms and asthma diagnosis
From: Guideline adherence in hospital recruited and population based COPD patients
Population based COPD cases N = 90 | Hospital recruited COPD patients N = 245 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Female | 9.7 | 29.6 |
Male | 5.1 | 29.9 | |
Education | Primary | 8.6 | 28.9 |
High school | 5.7 | 27.7 | |
University | 5.0 | 38.9 | |
Lung function | GOLD II | 1.3* | 5.9* |
GOLD III and IV | 35.7* | 52.0* | |
Respiratory symptoms | Dyspnoea | 14.0* | 32.5 |
Cough | 9.3 | 29.1 | |
Phlegm | 4.6 | 28.6 | |
Doctor’s diagnosis of asthma | No | 6.5 | 26.7 |
Yes | 7.1 | 32.8 | |