RT Journal Article
T1 Knowledge of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Presence of Chronic Respiratory Symptoms and Use of Spirometry Among the Spanish Population: CONOCEPOC 2019 study
A1 Calle Rubio, Myriam
A1 Rodriguez Hermosa, Juan Luis
A1 Miravitlles, Marc
A1 Luis Lopez-Campos, Jose
K1 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
K1 Respiratory symptoms
K1 Spirometry
K1 Knowledge
K1 Spain
K1 Copd
K1 Prevalence
K1 Guidelines
K1 Management
K1 Disability
K1 Risk
AB Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze current data on the population's level of knowledge about COPD and to evaluate certain diagnostic interventions, such as the use of spirometry. Material and methods: An epidemiological, observational, cross-sectional study by telephone interview, with random dialing of landline telephone numbers, was conducted in November 2019, in a nationally representative sample of adults over 40 years of age. Results: From a total of 51,079 telephone calls, a total of 1,920 individuals responded. Mean age was 61.9 years and 31.6% were men. Overall, 19.4% were current smokers and 13.4% reported respiratory disease (5% reported COPD). In total, 27.9% had spontaneous knowledge of COPD, which is a relative increase from the 17% observed in 2011. The most frequent information channel was the media (35.5%), with a significant presence of social networks and the Internet (25.7%). Almost one fifth (18.1%) had chronic respiratory symptoms. Of these, 59.3% had requested medical care, and 66.2% had undergone spirometry. Spirometry was performed less frequently in subjects treated in primary care compared to respiratory medicine departments (51.9% versus 79.1%; P
PB Elsevier espana slu
SN 0300-2896
YR 2021
FD 2021-12-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10668/27923
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10668/27923
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 6, 2025