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Table 6 Explanation of overall variation in non-pharmacological care (other treatments and follow up) by 6 families of variables

From: Multidimensional analyses to assess the relations between treatment choices by physicians and patients’ characteristics: the example of COPD

Family

Selected variables

Adjusted R2

P value

Socio-demographics

age, weight, town, gender

0.02517

0.001

History of COPD and comorbidities

emphysema, chronic sputum production, dyspnea, history of right ventricular failure, bronchiectasis, ischemic heart disease, asthma, cough, depression, heart failure.

0.04009

0.001

Symptoms the days of visit

dyspnea (MRC), chronic bronchitis

0.05125

0.001

Lung function

FEV1, FEV1%, reversibility testing, FVC

0.03641

0.001

Exacerbations and smoking status

number of exacerbations, current smoking, current occupational exposure to dust or smoke

0.04385

0.001

Investigations (d. stands for done and p. for prescribed)

6MWT d., CT-scan d., echocardiography d., arterial blood gases d., scintigraphy. d., nocturnal oxymetry d., 6MWT p., arterial blood gases p., EKG d., DLCO p., fiberoptic bronchoscopy d., DLCO d., EKG p.

0.07245

0.001

  1. The order of variables is the order of their contribution to the explanationof the variation of COPD treatments.