TargetCOPD: A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of targeted case finding for COPD versus routine practice in primary care: Protocol

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Jordan, Rachel E ^a   Adab, Peymané ^a   Jowett, Sue ^a   Marsh, Jen L ^a   Riley, Richard D ^a   Enocson, Alexandra ^a   Miller, Martin R ^a   Cooper, Brendan G ^b   Turner, Alice M ^c   Ayres, Jon G ^a   Cheng, Kar Keung ^a   Jolly, Kate ^a   Stockley, Robert A ^b   Greenfield, Sheila ^a   Siebert, Stanley ^a   Daley, Amanda ^a   Fitzmaurice, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case finding; Cluster RCT; COPD; Cost effectiveness; Primary care; Respiratory questionnaire; Screening; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRONCHODILATATION; CASE FINDING; CHRONIC COUGH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSULTATION; DYSPNEA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; PROGRAM FEASIBILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM; WHEEZING; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUGH; ECONOMICS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUGH; DYSPNEA; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84979855823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-14-157     Document Type: Article

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