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Title: | Investigating the rationale for COPD maintenance therapy prescription across Europe, findings from a multi-country study | Authors: | Kocks, Janwillem Ferreira, António Jorge Bakke, Per van Schayck, Onno C. P. Ekroos, Heikki Tzanakis, Nikolaos Soulard, Stéphane Haaksma-Herczegh, Monika Mestres-Simon, Montserrat Águila-Fuentes, Malena Cataldo, Didier |
Issue Date: | 3-May-2023 | Publisher: | Springer Nature | Project: | Boehringer Ingelheim | Serial title, monograph or event: | npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine | Volume: | 33 | Issue: | 1 | Abstract: | This study aims to understand healthcare professionals' thoughts and motivations about optimal management and treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We conducted a DELPHI survey through an online questionnaire distributed to 220 panellists from six European countries and a discrete choice experiment to describe the relationship between selected clinical criteria and the initial COPD treatment of choice. One hundred twenty-seven panellists (general practitioners [GPs] and pulmonologists) completed the survey. Despite the familiarity and use (89.8%) of the GOLD classification for initial treatment selection, a frequent use of LAMA/LABA/ICS was noted. In fact, panellists agreed that inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are over-prescribed in the primary care setting. Our study showed that GPs felt less confident than pulmonologists with ICS withdrawal. This mismatch observed between best practice and behaviour indicates the need to increase awareness and efforts to improve the adherence to guidelines in clinical practice. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/111155 | ISSN: | 2055-1010 | DOI: | 10.1038/s41533-023-00334-x | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | FMUC Medicina - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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