Earlier diagnosis and management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in general practice

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Respiratory - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• Registration Number: ACTRN12610000592044
• Lead Sponsor: The University of New South Wales

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2010-07-21
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 480

Inclusion Criteria

1) attended the practice at least twice and with at least one visit in the preceding 12 months

2) aged between 40 and 85 years

3) history of smoking recorded or uncertain

Exclusion Criteria

1) a recorded diagnosis of COPD

2) age less than 40 or greater than 85

3) inability to understand English

4) cognitive impairment

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The St George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) will be used for two purposes: 1) to collect patients' COPD related quality of data and 2) patients overall health status data (from the preamble question of (SGRQ)[1) at the first visit by project officer soon after the case-finding visit by practice nurse 2) 6 months from the first visit 3) 12 months from the first visit]