COPD management according to old and new GOLD guidelines: An observational study with Italian general practitioners

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1033-1042

  Maio, S ^a   Baldacci, S ^a   Martini, F ^a   Cerrai, S ^a   Sarno, G ^a   Borbotti, M ^a   Pala, A P ^a   Murgia, N ^b   Viegi, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

COPD; General practitioners; GOLD guidelines; Prescriptions pattern

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIROMETRY; ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84895129392     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007995.2014.884492     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. From the Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of COPD, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2011. Available at: http://www.goldcopd.org/[Last accessed 22 February 2012]
2. Celli BR, MacNee W, and committee members. Standards for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with COPD: a summary of the ATS/ERS position paper. Eur Respir J 2004;23:932-46
3. WHO. World Health Statistics. Geneva: WHO Press, 2008
4. Bourbeau J, Sebaldt RJ, Day A, et al. Practice patterns in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary practice: the CAGE study. Can Respir J 2008;15:13-19
5. Steurer-Stey C, Dallalana K, Jungi M, Rosemann T. Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Swiss primary care: room for improvement. Qual Prim Care 2012;20:365-73
6. Dufour JC, Giorgi R, Harl JR, et al. Applicability of textual clinical practice guidelines: impact of physician interpretation. Stud Health Technol Inform 2005;116:545-50
7. Caramori G, Bettoncelli G, Tosatto R, et al. Underuse of spirometry by general practitioners for the diagnosis of COPD in Italy. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis 2005;63:6-12
8. From the Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of COPD, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2008. Available at: http://www.goldcopd.org/[Last accessed 9 February 2009]
9. Bestall JC, Paul EA, Garrod R, et al. Usefulness of the Medical Research Council (MRC) dyspnoea scale as a measure of disability in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Thorax 1999;54:581-6
10. Viegi G, Pistelli F, Sherrill DL, et al. Definition, epidemiology and natural history of COPD. Eur Respir J 2007;30:993-1013
11. Lamprecht B, McBurnie MA, Vollmer WM, et al.; BOLD Collaborative Research Group. COPD in never smokers: results from the population-based burden of obstructive lung disease study. Chest 2011;139:752-63
12. Viegi G, Matteelli G, Angino A, et al. The proportional Venn diagram of obstructive lung disease in the Italian general population. Chest 2004;126:1093-101
13. Van Schayck CP, Chavannes NH. Detection of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care. Eur Respir J 2003;39:6-22
14. Cazzola M, Calzetta L, Bettoncelli G, et al. Cardiovascular disease in asthma and COPD. A population-based retrospective cross-sectional Study. Resp Med 2012;106:249-56
15. Soriano JB, Alfageme I, Almagro P, et al. Distribution and prognostic validity of the new global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease grading classification. Chest 2013;143:694-702
16. Arne M, Lisspers K, Ställberg B, et al. How often is diagnosis of COPD confirmed with spirometry? Respir Med 2010;104:550-6
17. Yawn BP, Wollan PC. Knowledge and attitudes of family physicians coming to COPD continuing medical education. Int J COPD 2008;3:311-17
18. Lusuardi M, De Benedetto F, Paggiaro P, et al. A randomized controlled trial on office spirometry in asthma and COPD in standard general practice: data from spirometry in asthma and COPD: a comparative evaluation Italian study. Chest 2006;129:844-52
19. Puhan M, Koller M, Brä ndli O, Steurer J. Pulmonary rehabilitation of COPD in Switzerland-An assessment of current status. Praxis (Bern) 2003;92:111-16
20. BTS/BLF. Pulmonary Rehabilitation Survey. London: British Lung Foundation 2003. Available at: http://www.blf.org.uk/Files/e47d1bef-9341-4395-be81- A06200dfec6f/BLF-pul-rehab-survey.pdf [Last accessed 9 December 2013]
21. Chavez PC, Shokar NK. Diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a primary care clinic. COPD 2009;6:446-51
22. Jones RCM, Dickson-Spillmann M, Mather MJC, et al. Accuracy of diagnostic registers and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the Devon primary care audit. Resp Res 2008;9:62-70
23. Maio S, Simoni M, Baldacci S, et al.; on behalf of ARGA Study Group. The ARGA study with Italian general practitioners: prescriptions for allergic rhinitis and adherence to ARIA guidelines. Curr Med Res Opin 2012;28:1743-51
24. Costa DJ, Bousquet PJ, Ryan D, et al. Guidelines for allergic rhinitis need to be used in primary care. Prim Care Respir J 2009;18:250-7
25. Perez X, Wisnivesky JP, Lurslurchachai L, et al. Barriers to adherence to COPD guidelines among primary care providers. Respir Med 2012;106:374-81
26. Andersen M. Is it possible to measure prescribing quality using only prescription data? Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2006;98:314-19