A cross-sectional survey of the knowledge on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in physicians of tertiary hospitals in Northern China
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1426.2016.09.012
- VernacularTitle:我国北部地区部分三级医院医生对慢性阻塞性肺疾病认知现状的横断面调查
- Author:
Xiaoming ZHOU
;
Gen WU
;
Li ZHAO
;
Yizhuo GAO
;
Yuan WANG
;
Xiaoxue GUO
;
Ye LU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Pulmonary disease,chronic obstructive;
Physicians;
Cognition
- From:
Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine
2016;55(9):717-720
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
To investigate physicians' knowledge about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in tertiary hospitals in northeast China.Physicians from 77 tertiary hospitals in northeast China were surveyed with a questionnaire,which included questions such as risk factors,symptoms,exacerbations,comorbidities and diagnostic criteria of COPD.Besides cigarette smoking,air pollution and pulmonary infections,only 22.5％ (40/178) physicians recognized that the biomass fuels may induce COPD.Totally 59.0％ (105/178) physicians recognized the importance of spirometry to the diagnosis of COPD.Besides dyspnea,cough,sputum production,wheezing and chest tightness,only 23.7％ (42/177)of physicians considered that limitation of activity was an important symptom of COPD.65.5％ (116/177)physicians believed that recurrent lung infections was one of the most important comorbidities of COPD.However,less than 30％ [20.9％ (37/177)-28.8％ (51/177)] physicians were aware of the other important comorbidities.The physicians of tertiary hospitals in northeast China need to be systematically educated on COPD to meet the new guideline.
