The role of spirometry in managing chronic respiratory diseases in general practice to improve quality of life.

Monash UniversityDepartment of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine0 个研究点目标入组 726 人开始时间: 2006年8月29日最近更新: 2020年1月13日

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•General Practices will be included if there is a commitment by the practice to participate, they agree to randomisation, are willing to recruit patients with asthma or COPD from their practices, and are willing to search their medical records database (database search training will be provided to staff if required). Eligible patients will attend a general practice on the list of divisions of general practice in Melbourne and surrounding regions.
•Patient inclusion criteria: attend a general practice on the list of Divisions of general Practice in Melbourne and surrounding regions, have doctor diagnosed asthma or COPD, must be able to understand English and must be able to provide written consent to participate.

•Patient exclusion criteria: are not contactable by phone, cannot speak or read English, are participating in another study involving asthma or COPD, have infrequent episodic asthma as defined by National Asthma Council (NAC) classification of childhood asthma, or other reason such as complex medical conditions eg. mental illness or cancer.

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Monash UniversityDepartment of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine