COPD Screening in General Practice Using a Telephone Questionnaire

Figures & data

Diagram 1.  Flowchart.

Diagram 2.  ‘Research group’ outcome after telephone questionnaire.

Table 1.  Distribution in the population of risk on COPD according to questionnaire data

Indicators	total n = 813	high risk n = 87	medium risk n = 163	low risk n = 563
Age	55.2 sd  9.2	64.8 sd 6.3	61.2 sd  7.4	51.9 sd 8.0
40–49	33.3	0	6.7	46.1
50–59	30.5	11.5	21.5	36.1
60–69	27.9	55.2	54.6	16.0
70–76	8.2	33.3	17.1	1.8
Gender% male	48.7	48.3	55.8	46.7
Smoker current and former	49.2	74.7	58.9	42.5
Pack-years	8.8 sd 14.9	23.1 sd	12.3 sd 14.7	5.3 sd 9.1
0	52.3	22.9	41.9	59.8
1–10	17.1	25.6	13.1	19.0
11–24	18.3	12.8	25.0	15.3
25–49	12.3	23.3	20.0	5.9
		38.4
BMI	26.1 sd  4.1	24.2 sd 3.0	25.8 sd  3.8	26.4 sd 4.2
Symptoms
cough	18.3	34.5	25.8	13.7
sputum	13.8	23.0	20.9	10.3>
wheeze	15.7	42.5	27.0	8.3
allergy	23.4	8.0	16.6	27.7

Table 2.  Indicators after spirometry and diagnosis

Indicators	Total	High risk	Medium risk
	n = 149	n = 58	n = 91
Pulmonary function
FEV1 (% pred post)	102.0 sd 17.0	100.7 sd 17.7	102.7 sd 16.6
FVC (% pred post)	107.3 sd 15.8	110.1 sd 12.8	105.7 sd 17.1
FEV1/FVC (post)	74.6 sd 8.4	72.2 sd 9.3	76.2 sd 7.4
FER < 70	24.5	39.7	14.6
Significant bronchodilation	4.4 sd 4.8	4.1 sd 4.3	4.6 sd 5.1
Diagnose
normal lung function	70.6	56.9	80.0
COPD	17.5	31.0	8.2
COPD and asthma	7.7	8.6	7.1
asthma	4.2	3.4	4.7
GOLD classification
GOLD I		68.2%	66.7%
GOLD II		31.8%	33.3%

Table 3. Respiratory Health Screening Questionnaire and Scorecard. [list 1]

Items	Score Pnts
1. Age group, yr
40–49 / 50–59 / 60–69 / 70+	0 / 4 / 8 / 10
2. Smoking intensity, pack-yr
0–14 15–24 25–49 50+	0 / 2 / 3 / 7
3. Body mass index, kg/m^2
<25,4 / 25,4 –29,7 / >29,7	5 / 1 / 0
4. Does the weather affect your cough
Yes / No / I don't cough	3 / 0 / 0
5. Do you have phlegmone (sputum)
without a cold Yes / No	3 / 0
6. Do you have phlegmone in the morning
Yes / No	0 / 3
7. Do you wheeze (frequency)
Never / Sometime	0 / 4
8. Have or had any allergies
Yes / No	0 / 3