• 1. School of Public Health, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510310, P. R. China;
  • 2. Institute of Non-Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 511430, P. R. China;
LI Lixia, Email: llx19@163.com
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Objective  To investigate the rate of pulmonary function test, medication treatment, and relevant factors among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) aged 40 years or older in community of Guangdong Province, and to provide evidences for targeted intervention of COPD. Methods  A multistage stratified cluster sampling was conducted in the community residents, who participated in the COPD surveillance project of in Guangdong Province during 2019 to 2020. A total of 3384 adults completed questionnaire and pulmonary function test. The Rao-Scott χ2 test based on complex sampling design, and non-conditional Logistic regression were used to explore possible influencing factors of pulmonary function test and medication treatment in COPD patients. Results  Out of the 3384 adults, 288 patients with COPD were confirmed, including 253 males (87.8%) and 35 females (12.2%), and 184 patients (60.4%) were over 60 years old or more. The pulmonary function test rate was 10.7% [95% confidence interval (CI) 6.8% - 14.6%], and medication treatment rate was 10.6% (95%CI 7.0% - 14.1%). The results showed that wheezing, awareness of COPD related knowledge and pulmonary function test were related to whether COPD patients had pulmonary function test (P<0.05). Wheezing and personal history of respiratory diseases were related to medication treatment rate (P<0.05). Conclusions  The rates of pulmonary function test and medication treatment among COPD patients aged 40 years or older are low. Health education about COPD should be actively carried out, and the screening of individuals with a history of respiratory diseases and respiratory symptoms should be strengthened so as to reduce the burden of COPD diseases.

Citation: SONG Xinrui, LI Zhanglong, LI Chuan, MENG Ruilin, XU Yanjun, ZHENG Xueyan, XIAO Ni, LI Lixia. Analysis of pulmonary function test and medication treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease aged 40 years or older in community of Guangdong Province. Chinese Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2022, 21(5): 309-315. doi: 10.7507/1671-6205.202204072 Copy

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