Underestimation of respiratory symptoms by smokers: a thorn in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis

Abstract Primary care centers are ideal positions to identify chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We determined the COPD prevalence among ever-smokers aged 40–65 years attending a 2-year program conducted in 22 Greek primary healthcare centers and made comparisons between genders, patients...

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Autores principales:	Evdoxia Gogou, Ourania S. Kotsiou, Dimitra S. Siachpazidou, Maria Pinaka, Charalampos Varsamas, Fotini Bardaka, Irini Gerogianni, Chrysi Hatzoglou, Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Diseases of the respiratory system RC705-779
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7954506343be455bbb3cd827af995ef12021-12-02T13:30:41ZUnderestimation of respiratory symptoms by smokers: a thorn in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis10.1038/s41533-021-00226-y2055-1010https://doaj.org/article/7954506343be455bbb3cd827af995ef12021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-021-00226-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2055-1010Abstract Primary care centers are ideal positions to identify chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We determined the COPD prevalence among ever-smokers aged 40–65 years attending a 2-year program conducted in 22 Greek primary healthcare centers and made comparisons between genders, patients less than or greater than 55 years, and newly or previously diagnosed COPD patients. A total of 117 persons, after studying 1100 people, were diagnosed with previously unknown or known COPD, providing a COPD prevalence of 10.6% among the study population. In all, 7.5% of the participants were newly diagnosed with COPD. Women with COPD reported smoking less but experienced worse respiratory and depressive symptoms than men. A total of 19% of the COPD population below 55 years experienced wheezing and exacerbations more frequently than older patients. Newly diagnosed COPD patients were significantly younger, reported a significant burden of symptoms without seeking medical help. Primary health care has a crucial role in the early detection of COPD among unsuspecting smokers.Evdoxia GogouOurania S. KotsiouDimitra S. SiachpazidouMaria PinakaCharalampos VarsamasFotini BardakaIrini GerogianniChrysi HatzoglouKonstantinos I. GourgoulianisNature PortfolioarticleDiseases of the respiratory systemRC705-779ENnpj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, Vol 31, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Diseases of the respiratory system RC705-779 Evdoxia Gogou Ourania S. Kotsiou Dimitra S. Siachpazidou Maria Pinaka Charalampos Varsamas Fotini Bardaka Irini Gerogianni Chrysi Hatzoglou Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis Underestimation of respiratory symptoms by smokers: a thorn in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis
description	Abstract Primary care centers are ideal positions to identify chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We determined the COPD prevalence among ever-smokers aged 40–65 years attending a 2-year program conducted in 22 Greek primary healthcare centers and made comparisons between genders, patients less than or greater than 55 years, and newly or previously diagnosed COPD patients. A total of 117 persons, after studying 1100 people, were diagnosed with previously unknown or known COPD, providing a COPD prevalence of 10.6% among the study population. In all, 7.5% of the participants were newly diagnosed with COPD. Women with COPD reported smoking less but experienced worse respiratory and depressive symptoms than men. A total of 19% of the COPD population below 55 years experienced wheezing and exacerbations more frequently than older patients. Newly diagnosed COPD patients were significantly younger, reported a significant burden of symptoms without seeking medical help. Primary health care has a crucial role in the early detection of COPD among unsuspecting smokers.
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author	Evdoxia Gogou Ourania S. Kotsiou Dimitra S. Siachpazidou Maria Pinaka Charalampos Varsamas Fotini Bardaka Irini Gerogianni Chrysi Hatzoglou Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis
author_facet	Evdoxia Gogou Ourania S. Kotsiou Dimitra S. Siachpazidou Maria Pinaka Charalampos Varsamas Fotini Bardaka Irini Gerogianni Chrysi Hatzoglou Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis
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title	Underestimation of respiratory symptoms by smokers: a thorn in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis
title_short	Underestimation of respiratory symptoms by smokers: a thorn in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis
title_full	Underestimation of respiratory symptoms by smokers: a thorn in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis
title_fullStr	Underestimation of respiratory symptoms by smokers: a thorn in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis
title_full_unstemmed	Underestimation of respiratory symptoms by smokers: a thorn in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis
title_sort	underestimation of respiratory symptoms by smokers: a thorn in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/7954506343be455bbb3cd827af995ef1
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Underestimation of respiratory symptoms by smokers: a thorn in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis

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