Title |
Pneumocafé project: an inquiry on current COPD diagnosis and management among General Practitioners in Italy through a novel tool for professional education
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Published in |
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine, June 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/2049-6958-9-35 |
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Authors |
Claudio M Sanguinetti, Fernando De Benedetto, Claudio F Donner, Stefano Nardini, Alberto Visconti |
Abstract |
Symptoms of COPD are frequently disregarded by patients and also by general practitioners (GPs) in early stages of the disease, that consequently is diagnosed when already at an advanced grade of severity. Underdiagnosis and undertreatment of COPD and scarce use of spirometry are widely recurrent, while a better knowledge of the disease and a wider use of spirometry would be critical to diagnose more patients still neglected, do it at an earlier stage and properly treat established COPD. The aim of Pneumocafè project is to improve, through an innovative approach, the diagnosis and management of COPD at primary care level increasing the awareness of issues pertaining to early diagnosis, adequate prevention and correct treatment of the disease. |
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United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
South Africa | 1 | 2% |
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Student > Master | 12 | 21% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 14% |
Researcher | 7 | 12% |
Other | 5 | 9% |
Student > Bachelor | 5 | 9% |
Other | 8 | 14% |
Unknown | 12 | 21% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 21 | 37% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 14% |
Psychology | 3 | 5% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 4% |
Social Sciences | 2 | 4% |
Other | 8 | 14% |
Unknown | 13 | 23% |