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| Title |
Knowledge gaps in patients with COPD and their proxies
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, October 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12890-017-0481-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Nienke Nakken, Daisy J. A. Janssen, Esther H. A. van den Bogaart, Jean W. M. Muris, Jan H. Vercoulen, Frank L. Custers, Gerben P. Bootsma, Michiel H. M. Gronenschild, Emiel F. M. Wouters, Martijn A. Spruit |
| Abstract |
Although proxies of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) need health-related knowledge to support patients in managing their disease, their current level of knowledge remains unknown. We aimed to compare health-related knowledge (generic and COPD-related knowledge) between patients with COPD and their resident proxies. In this cross-sectional study, we included stable patients with moderate to very severe COPD and their resident proxies (n = 194 couples). Thirty-four statements about generic health and COPD-related topics were assessed in patients and proxies separately. Statements could be answered by 'true', 'false', or 'do not know'. This study is approved by the Medical Research Ethics Committees United (MEC-U), the Netherlands (NL42721.060.12/M12-1280). Patients answered on average 17% of the statements incorrect, and 19% with 'do not know'. The same figure (19%) for the incorrect and unknown statements was shown by proxies. Patients who attended pulmonary rehabilitation previously answered more statements correct (about three) compared to patients who did not attend pulmonary rehabilitation. More correct answers were reported by: younger patients, patients with a higher level of education, patients who previously participated in pulmonary rehabilitation, patients with better cognitive functioning, and patients with a COPD diagnosis longer ago. Proxies of patients with COPD as well as patients themselves answer about two third of 34 knowledge statements about COPD correct. So, both patients and proxies seem to have an incomplete knowledge about COPD and general health. Therefore, education about general health and COPD should be offered to all subgroups of patients with COPD and their proxies. This study is registered in the Dutch Trial Register ( NTR3941 ). Registered 19 April 2013. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 24 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 5 | 21% |
| Spain | 3 | 13% |
| Australia | 2 | 8% |
| Argentina | 1 | 4% |
| Ireland | 1 | 4% |
| Colombia | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 11 | 46% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 12 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 6 | 25% |
| Scientists | 5 | 21% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 63 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 63 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 12 | 19% |
| Researcher | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 6% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 19% |
| Unknown | 20 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 32% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 19% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 2% |
| Psychology | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 6% |
| Unknown | 23 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 November 2017.
All research outputs
#2,220,835
of 23,007,053 outputs
Outputs from BMC Pulmonary Medicine
#119
of 1,949 outputs
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#46,205
of 328,606 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Pulmonary Medicine
#7
of 74 outputs
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