Knowledge about COPD among users of primary health care services

Figures & data

Table 1 Variables associated with recognition of the term “COPD” or the term “emphysema” among primary care clinic users in Goiânia, Brazil, 2013–2014

Variable	Recognition of “COPD” or “emphysema”		Total	Pa
			n
	Yes	No
	n (%)	n (%)
Age
<60 years	367 (85.5)	62 (14.5)	429	0.229
≥60 years	201 (82.0)	44 (18.0)	245
Sex
Female	362 (86.2)	58 (13.8)	420	0.079
Male	206 (81.1)	48 (18.9)	254
Years of schooling
≤4	233 (77.9)	66 (22.1)	299	<0.001
5–8	156 (84.8)	28 (15.2)	184
≥9	179 (93.7)	12 (6.3)	191
Smoking status
Smoker	71 (83.5)	14 (16.5)	85	0.878
Former smoker	187 (83.5)	37 (16.5)	224
Nonsmoker	310 (84.9)	55 (15.1)	365
Total	568 (84.3)	106 (15.7)	674

Note:

a Obtained by chi-square test.

Abbreviation: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Table 2 Knowledge of COPD symptoms and risk factors among users who recognized the term “COPD” or the term “emphysema” at primary care clinics in Goiânia, Brazil, 2013–2014

Variables	Users recognizing “COPD” or “emphysema” (n=568)
Knowledge of COPD symptoms, n (%)
Dyspnea	401 (70.6)
Cough	15 (2.7)
Expectoration	13 (2.3)
Knowledge of COPD risk factors, n (%)
Tobacco	497 (87.5)
Wood smoke	28 (4.9)

Abbreviation: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Table 3 Factors associated with satisfactory knowledge of COPD among primary care clinic users in Goiânia, Brazil, 2013–2014

	Satisfactory knowledge of COPD		Total (N=674)	Pa
	Yes	No
	n (%)	n (%)
Age
<60 years	59 (16.1)	308 (83.9)	367	0.011
≥60 years	50 (24.9)	151 (75.1)	201
Sex
Female	75 (20.7)	287 (79.3)	362	0.220
Male	34 (16.5)	172 (83.5)	206
Years of schooling
≤4	47 (20.2)	186 (79.8)	233	0.124
5–8	36 (23.1)	120 (76.9)	156
≥9	26 (14.5)	153 (85.5)	179
Smoking status
Smoker	13 (18.3)	58 (81.7)	71	0.959
Former smoker	37 (19.8)	150 (80.2)	187
Nonsmoker	59 (19.0)	251 (81.0)	310
Information source
Media
Yes	47 (17.3)	224 (82.7)	271	0.286
No	62 (20.9)	235 (79.1)	297
Physician
Yes	32 (24.4)	99 (75.6)	131	0.083
No	77 (17.6)	360 (82.4)	437
Pharmacist
Yes	5 (33.3)	10 (66.7)	15	0.180
No	104 (18.8)	449 (81.2)	553
Relative
Yes	54 (26.1)	153 (73.9)	207	0.002
No	55 (15.2)	306 (84.8)	361
Friends
Yes	36 (22.2)	126 (77.8)	162	0.246
No	73 (18.0)	333 (82.0)	406

Note:

a Obtained by chi-square test.

Abbreviation: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Table 4 Predictors of satisfactory knowledge of COPD among primary care clinic users (N=674) in Goiânia, Brazil, 2013–2014

Variable	IRRa	95% CI	P
Female sex	1.21	0.83–1.78	0.306
Age ≥60 years	1.52	1.08–2.15	0.017
Information about COPD obtained from physicians	1.31	0.91–1.87	0.142
Information about COPD obtained from relatives	1.63	1.16–2.30	0.005

Note:

a Obtained by robust Poisson multiple regression.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; IRR, incidence rate ratio.