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Table 2 COPD-treatment in percentage, stratified by recruitment source, results from unadjusted statistical comparison in the EconCOPD-study

From: Guideline adherence in hospital recruited and population based COPD patients

 

Population based

COPD cases

N = 90

Hospital recruited

COPD patients

N = 245

COPD awareness (incl. Chronic bronchitis and emphysema)

34.4

86.5 *

Influenza vaccine preceding 12 months

34.4

70.6 *

Rehabilitation

5.6

16.7 *

Smoking cessation advice (if still smoking)

82.5

96.2 *

Guideline adherent pharmacological treatment

10.0

35.5 *

Overall guideline adherence

6.7

29.8 *

  1. *= p-value < 0.05 by Fishers´ exact test
  2. Rehabilitation = joined a rehabilitation-program or been in contact with a physiotherapist during the last 3 months
  3. Correct pharmacological treatment = reliever therapy and maintenance therapy and not “overdosed”. In addition, no kind of ICS to GOLD2-participants
  4. “Overdosed” = taking same kind of inhaled medicine through 2 different devices
  5. Guideline adherent pharmacological treatment: SAMA/SABA and LAMA/LABA (all). No ICS in GOLD II, no double medication within same drug group
  6. Overall guideline adherence = receiving correct pharmacological treatment and influenza vaccine and smoking cessation advice if still smoking