S M Martins, A P Dickens, W Salibe-Filho, A A Albuquerque Neto, P Adab, A Enocson, B G Cooper, L V A Sousa, A J Sitch, S Jowett, R Adams, K K Cheng, C Chi, J Correia-de-Sousa, A Farley, N Gale, K Jolly, M Maglakelidze, T Maghlakelidze, K Stavrikj, A M Turner, S Williams, R E Jordan, R Stelmach
{"title":"Accuracy and economic evaluation of screening tests for undiagnosed COPD among hypertensive individuals in Brazil.","authors":"S M Martins, A P Dickens, W Salibe-Filho, A A Albuquerque Neto, P Adab, A Enocson, B G Cooper, L V A Sousa, A J Sitch, S Jowett, R Adams, K K Cheng, C Chi, J Correia-de-Sousa, A Farley, N Gale, K Jolly, M Maglakelidze, T Maghlakelidze, K Stavrikj, A M Turner, S Williams, R E Jordan, R Stelmach","doi":"10.1038/s41533-022-00303-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41533-022-00303-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In Brazil, prevalence of diagnosed COPD among adults aged 40 years and over is 16% although over 70% of cases remain undiagnosed. Hypertension is common and well-recorded in primary care, and frequently co-exists with COPD because of common causes such as tobacco smoking, therefore we conducted a cross-sectional screening test accuracy study in nine Basic Health Units in Brazil, among hypertensive patients aged ≥40 years to identify the optimum screening test/combinations to detect undiagnosed COPD. We compared six index tests (four screening questionnaires, microspirometer and peak flow) against the reference test defined as those below the lower limit of normal (LLN-GLI) on quality diagnostic spirometry, with confirmed COPD at clinical review. Of 1162 participants, 6.8% (n = 79) had clinically confirmed COPD. Peak flow had a higher specificity but lower sensitivity than microspirometry (sensitivity 44.3% [95% CI 33.1, 55.9], specificity 95.5% [95% CI 94.1, 96.6]). SBQ performed well compared to the other questionnaires (sensitivity 75.9% [95% CI 65.0, 84.9], specificity 59.2% [95% CI 56.2, 62.1]). A strategy requiring both SBQ and peak flow to be positive yielded sensitivity of 39.2% (95% CI 28.4, 50.9) and specificity of 97.0% (95% CI 95.7, 97.9). The use of simple screening tests was feasible within the Brazilian primary care setting. The combination of SBQ and peak flow appeared most efficient, when considering performance of the test, cost and ease of use (costing £1690 (5554 R$) with 26.7 cases detected per 1,000 patients). However, the choice of screening tests depends on the clinical setting and availability of resources.ISRCTN registration number: 11377960.</p>","PeriodicalId":19470,"journal":{"name":"NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine","volume":"32 1","pages":"55"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9747958/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10831891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wendy Schreurs, Tjard Ronald Jacob Schermer, Reinier Peter Akkermans, Erik Wiely Maria Anton Bischoff, Hilde Dymphna Luijks
{"title":"25-year retrospective longitudinal study on seasonal allergic rhinitis associations with air temperature in general practice.","authors":"Wendy Schreurs, Tjard Ronald Jacob Schermer, Reinier Peter Akkermans, Erik Wiely Maria Anton Bischoff, Hilde Dymphna Luijks","doi":"10.1038/s41533-022-00319-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-022-00319-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Due to climate change, air temperature in the Netherlands has gradually increased. Higher temperatures lead to longer pollen seasons. Possible relations between air temperature and increased impact of seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) in general practice have not been investigated yet. We explored trends in timing of frequent seasonal allergic rhinitis presentation to general practitioners (GPs) over 25 years and explored associations with air temperature. We performed a retrospective exploratory longitudinal study with data from our Family Medicine Network (1995-2019), including all SAR patients and their GP-encounters per week. We determined patients' GP-consultation frequency. Every year we identified seasonal periods with substantial increase in SAR related encounters: peak-periods. We determined start date and duration of the peak-period and assessed associations with air temperature in the beginning and throughout the year, respectively. The peak-period duration increased by a mean of 1.3 days (95% CI 0.23-2.45, P = 0.02) per year throughout the study period. Air temperature between February and July showed a statistically significant association with peak-period duration. We could not observe direct effects of warmer years on the start of peak-periods within distinct years (P = 0.06). SAR patients' contact frequency slightly increased by 0.01 contacts per year (95% CI 0.002-0.017, P = 0.015). These longitudinal findings may help to facilitate further research on the impact of climate change, and raise awareness of the tangible impact of climate change in general practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":19470,"journal":{"name":"NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine","volume":"32 1","pages":"54"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9723707/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10831444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah Serhal, Ines Krass, Lynne Emmerton, Bonnie Bereznicki, Luke Bereznicki, Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich, Bandana Saini, Laurent Billot, Carol Armour
{"title":"Patient uptake and outcomes following pharmacist-initiated referrals to general practitioners for asthma review.","authors":"Sarah Serhal, Ines Krass, Lynne Emmerton, Bonnie Bereznicki, Luke Bereznicki, Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich, Bandana Saini, Laurent Billot, Carol Armour","doi":"10.1038/s41533-022-00315-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-022-00315-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Uptake and outcomes of pharmacist-initiated general practitioner (GP) referrals for patients with poorly controlled asthma were investigated. Pharmacists referred at-risk patients for GP assessment. Patients were categorized as action takers (consulted their GP on pharmacist's advice) or action avoiders (did not action the referral). Patient clinical data were compared to explore predictors of uptake and association with health outcomes. In total, 58% of patients (n = 148) received a GP referral, of whom 78% (n = 115) were action takers, and 44% (n = 50) reported changes to their asthma therapy. Patient rurality and more frequent pre-trial GP visits were associated with action takers. Action takers were more likely to have an asthma action plan (P = 0.001) at month 12, and had significantly more GP visits during the trial period (P = 0.034). Patient uptake of pharmacist-initiated GP referrals was high and led to GP review and therapy changes in patients with poorly controlled asthma.</p>","PeriodicalId":19470,"journal":{"name":"NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"53"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9668973/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40689249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Trinh T Nguyen, Carin Y Smith, Liliana Gazzuola Rocca, Walter A Rocca, Robert Vassallo, Megan M Dulohery Scrodin
{"title":"A population-based cohort study on the risk of obstructive lung disease after bilateral oophorectomy.","authors":"Trinh T Nguyen, Carin Y Smith, Liliana Gazzuola Rocca, Walter A Rocca, Robert Vassallo, Megan M Dulohery Scrodin","doi":"10.1038/s41533-022-00317-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-022-00317-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is increasing evidence that sex hormones may impact the development of obstructive lung disease (OLD). Therefore, we studied the effect of bilateral oophorectomy (oophorectomy) on the development of OLD. Women were identified from the Mayo Clinic Cohort Study of Oophorectomy and Aging-2. Data were collected using the Rochester Epidemiology Project records-linkage system. A total of 1653 women who underwent oophorectomy and 1653 referent women of similar age were assessed for OLD using diagnostic codes and medical record abstraction. Women who underwent oophorectomy had an overall higher risk of all OLD, all chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, and chronic bronchitis but not of all asthma, confirmed asthma, or confirmed COPD. The association with all OLD was stronger in women who were age ≤45 years at oophorectomy, never smokers, non-obese, and in women with benign indications; however, the interactions were not statistically significant. There was an increased risk of all asthma in women age ≤45 years at oophorectomy who took estrogen therapy. Never smokers of all ages had a stronger association of oophorectomy with all asthma and all COPD, whereas smokers had a stronger association of oophorectomy with emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Non-obese women of all ages had a stronger association of oophorectomy with all COPD, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis. The results of this study combined with the increased risk of several chronic diseases reported in previous studies suggest that oophorectomy in premenopausal women should be avoided unless there is clear evidence of a high genetic risk of ovarian cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":19470,"journal":{"name":"NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"52"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9663719/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40474958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lauren Fox, Emily Heiden, Milan A J Chauhan, Jayne M Longstaff, Lara Balls, Ruth De Vos, Daniel M Neville, Thomas L Jones, Anthony W Leung, Lydia Morrison, Hitasha Rupani, Thomas P Brown, Rebecca Stores, Anoop J Chauhan
{"title":"Evaluation of telehealth support in an integrated respiratory clinic.","authors":"Lauren Fox, Emily Heiden, Milan A J Chauhan, Jayne M Longstaff, Lara Balls, Ruth De Vos, Daniel M Neville, Thomas L Jones, Anthony W Leung, Lydia Morrison, Hitasha Rupani, Thomas P Brown, Rebecca Stores, Anoop J Chauhan","doi":"10.1038/s41533-022-00304-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-022-00304-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Supporting self-management is key in improving disease control, with technology increasingly utilised. We hypothesised the addition of telehealth support following assessment in an integrated respiratory clinic could reduce unscheduled healthcare visits in patients with asthma and COPD. Following treatment optimisation, exacerbation-prone participants or those with difficulty in self-management were offered telehealth support. This comprised automated twice-weekly telephone calls, with a specialist nurse triaging alerts. We performed a matched cohort study assessing additional benefits of the telehealth service, matching by: confirmed diagnosis, age, sex, FEV<sub>1</sub> percent predicted, smoking status and ≥1 exacerbation in the last year. Thirty-four telehealth participants were matched to twenty-nine control participants. The telehealth cohort generated 165 alerts, with 29 participants raising at least one alert; 88 (53.5%) alerts received a call discussing self-management, of which 35 (21%) received definitive advice that may otherwise have required an unscheduled healthcare visit. There was a greater reduction in median exacerbation rate across both telehealth groups at 6 months post-intervention (1 to 0, p < 0.001) but not in control groups (0.5 to 0.0, p = 0.121). Similarly, there was a significant reduction in unscheduled GP visits across the telehealth groups (1.5 to 0.0, p < 0.001), but not the control groups (0.5 to 0.0, p = 0.115). These reductions led to cost-savings across all groups, but greater in the telehealth cohorts. The addition of telehealth support to exacerbation-prone patients with asthma or COPD, following comprehensive assessment and treatment optimisation, proved beneficial in reducing exacerbation frequency and unscheduled healthcare visits and thus leads to significant cost-savings for the NHS.Clinical Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03096509.</p>","PeriodicalId":19470,"journal":{"name":"NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"51"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9650174/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40683069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yekaterina Pashutina, Daniel Kotz, Sabrina Kastaun
{"title":"Attempts to quit smoking, use of smoking cessation methods, and associated characteristics among COPD patients.","authors":"Yekaterina Pashutina, Daniel Kotz, Sabrina Kastaun","doi":"10.1038/s41533-022-00316-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-022-00316-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We explored past-year quit attempts, cessation methods used, and associations with sociodemographic, smoking, and health-related characteristics among smoking patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Germany. Cross-sectional survey data of 509 past-year smokers (current smokers and ≤12 months abstinent) with COPD (ICD-10 code J44.x and FEV1/FVC <0.70) from 19 pulmonary primary care practices were used. Associations were explored between age, sex, educational qualification, lung function, urges to smoke, psychological distress, and (a) ≥1 past-year quit attempt (yes/no), (b) use of ≥1 evidence-based smoking cessation method (yes/no). Of all patients, 48.5% (n = 247, 95% confidence interval (CI) 44.2-52.9) reported ≥1 past-year quit attempt. Such an attempt was positively associated with the male sex (Odds Ratio (OR) = 1.50, 95% CI 1.01-2.24) and negatively associated with time spent with urges to smoke (OR = 0.69, 95% CI 0.52-0.91). During the most recent past-year quit attempt, one-third of the patients used ≥1 evidence-based smoking cessation method (31.2%, 95% CI 25.4-37.0), which was positively associated with the strength of urges to smoke (OR = 1.62, 95% CI 1.09-2.41). Combined behavioural and pharmacological treatments were used by 4.0% (n = 10, 95% CI 1.6-6.5). Electronic cigarettes were used most frequently (21.5%, 95% CI 16.3-26.6). Although a high proportion of COPD patients in German pulmonary primary care attempt to quit smoking, only a few of them use evidence-based methods as assistance for quitting.</p>","PeriodicalId":19470,"journal":{"name":"NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"50"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9646777/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40455647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gillian Doe, Simon Wathall, Jill Clanchy, Sarah Edwards, Helen Evans, Michael C Steiner, Rachael A Evans
{"title":"Comparing research recruitment strategies to prospectively identify patients presenting with breathlessness in primary care.","authors":"Gillian Doe, Simon Wathall, Jill Clanchy, Sarah Edwards, Helen Evans, Michael C Steiner, Rachael A Evans","doi":"10.1038/s41533-022-00308-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-022-00308-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two recruitment strategies for research were compared to prospectively identify patients with breathlessness who are awaiting a diagnosis in primary care. The first method utilised searches of the electronic patient record (EPR), the second method involved an electronic template triggered during a consultation. Using an electronic template triggered at the point of consultation increased recruitment to prospective research approximately nine-fold compared with searching for symptom codes and study mailouts.</p>","PeriodicalId":19470,"journal":{"name":"NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"49"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9646257/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40462944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lisa Maria Sele Sætre, Sanne Rasmussen, Kirubakaran Balasubramaniam, Jens Søndergaard, Dorte Ejg Jarbøl
{"title":"A population-based study on social inequality and barriers to healthcare-seeking with lung cancer symptoms.","authors":"Lisa Maria Sele Sætre, Sanne Rasmussen, Kirubakaran Balasubramaniam, Jens Søndergaard, Dorte Ejg Jarbøl","doi":"10.1038/s41533-022-00314-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-022-00314-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Healthcare-seeking with lung cancer symptoms is a prerequisite for improving timely diagnosis of lung cancer. In this study we aimed to explore barriers towards contacting the general practitioner (GP) with lung cancer symptoms, and to analyse the impact of social inequality. The study is based on a nationwide survey with 69,060 individuals aged ≥40 years, randomly selected from the Danish population. The survey included information on lung cancer symptoms, GP contacts, barriers to healthcare-seeking and smoking status. Information about socioeconomics was obtained by linkage to Danish Registers. Descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression model were used to analyse the data. \"Being too busy\" and \"Being worried about wasting the doctor's time\" were the most frequent barriers to healthcare-seeking with lung cancer symptoms. Individuals out of workforce and individuals who smoked more often reported \"Being worried about what the doctor might find\" and \"Being too embarrassed\" about the symptoms. The social inequality in barriers to healthcare-seeking with lung cancer symptoms is noticeable, which emphasises the necessity of focus on vulnerable groups at risk of postponing relevant healthcare-seeking.</p>","PeriodicalId":19470,"journal":{"name":"NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"48"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9637082/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40666926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Quijano Diana, Ali Abraham, Arevalo Yaicith, Orejuela Peter, Trujillo Juan
{"title":"Validation of the Spanish language version of the control of allergic rhinitis and asthma test.","authors":"Quijano Diana, Ali Abraham, Arevalo Yaicith, Orejuela Peter, Trujillo Juan","doi":"10.1038/s41533-022-00313-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-022-00313-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Allergic rhinitis and asthma are common diseases that frequently coexist, referred to as unified airway disease. There is currently no validated scale in Spanish, which allows simultaneous evaluation of both conditions. A translation from Portuguese to Spanish was therefore performed. It was administered to 120 patients aged between 18 and 70 years whose native language was Spanish and presented a diagnosis of allergic rhinitis and asthma. The reliability, validity and sensitivity to instrument change validations were carried out, as well as the values of minimally relevant clinical differences. Reliability was evaluated using Cronbach´s alpha test on CARAT-global: 0.83 [IC 95% 0.79-0.88]; test and retest evaluation was done with Pearson´s correlation coefficient: 0.6 [IC 95% 0.32-0.77] and the standard error of measurement 3.5 (p < 0.005). A confirmatory factor analysis was performed corroborating two factors. Correlation coefficients were not high in the longitudinal validation. Concurrent validity showed an acceptable correlation between CARAT10 asthma ACQ5 and low between allergic rhinitis-VAS. There was a milestone of the controlled disease in the discriminant validity of CARAT10 rhinitis ≥ 8 mean an adequate control, CARAT10-asthma > 16 In this case, CARAT10-asthma value < 16 are interpreted as an inadequate or partial control and values ≥ 16 mean an adequate control and CARAT10-global ≥ 18, patients evaluated with CARAT10 with a result ≥ 18, which would be a patient with both conditions controlled. The minimally relevant clinically important average difference found in the CARAT10 scale was 3.25 (SD 3.77). The CARAT10 scale in Spanish is a standardised, reliable and valid evaluation method on patients with unified airway disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":19470,"journal":{"name":"NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"47"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9617860/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40655738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Philip W Stone, Katherine Hickman, Steve Holmes, Johanna R Feary, Jennifer K Quint
{"title":"Comparison of COPD primary care in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.","authors":"Philip W Stone, Katherine Hickman, Steve Holmes, Johanna R Feary, Jennifer K Quint","doi":"10.1038/s41533-022-00305-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-022-00305-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Currently the National Asthma and COPD audit programme (NACAP) only undertakes audit of COPD primary care in Wales due to its near complete data coverage. We aimed to determine if the quality of COPD primary care in the other UK nations is comparable with Wales. We found that English, Scottish, and Northern Irish practices were significantly worse than Welsh practices at recording coded lung function parameters used in COPD diagnosis (ORs: 0.51 [0.43-0.59], 0.29 [0.23-0.36], 0.42 [0.31-0.58], respectively) and referring appropriate patients for pulmonary rehabilitation (ORs: 0.10 [0.09-0.11], 0.12 [0.11-0.14], 0.22 [0.19-0.25], respectively). Completing national audits of primary care in Wales only may have led to improvements in care, or at least improvements in the recording of care in Wales that are not occurring elsewhere in the UK. This highlights the potential importance of audit in improving care quality and accurate recording of that care.</p>","PeriodicalId":19470,"journal":{"name":"NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine","volume":"32 1","pages":"46"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9592607/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10794084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}