Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by non-respiratory physicians of Beijing
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-0815.2014.01.013
- VernacularTitle:北京地区非呼吸科医生对慢性阻塞性肺疾病管理认知度的调查
- Author:
Ying LIU
;
Min LI
;
Wei CAO
;
Xiang GU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Pulmonary disease,chronic obstructive;
Questionnaire;
Non-respiratory physicians
- From:
Chinese Journal of Health Management
2014;8(1):44-47
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the awareness of non-respiratory physicians to the diagnosis and medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in 370 non-respiratory physicians from 9 hospitals of Beijing.All the subjects were required to complete a self-administrated questionnaire.Chi-square test and analysis of variance were used for data analysis.Results The physicians in the first-grade hospitals had lower awareness of COPD than those in the second-or third-grade hospitals (57.5 ± 17.1,67.1 ± 15.0 and 68.9± 13.6,respectively; F=18.75,P＜0.05).Moreover,the residency and attending physicians were found to have lower awareness of COPD than chief physicians (61.4± 12.9,61.4± 15.0 and 79.3± 13.2,respectively; F=34.82,P＜0.05).Conclusion The medical knowledge on the management of COPD might be poor among non-respiratory physicians in Beijing.Primary healthcare workers and non-respiratory physicians should pursue intensive COPD training in the furture.
