Prevalence and Risk Factors for COPD in an Urbanizing Rural Area in Western China : A Cross-Sectional Study

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Purpose: To investigate the prevalence and risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a rural area in western China with severe air pollution.

Patients and Methods: 10% of local residents aged 40 years and above were included using a convenience sampling method. This was a cross-sectional study. A self-designed questionnaire was used to collect participants' demographic data. The screening program was comprised of two steps: First, a portable electronic spirometer was used for COPD screening. Those participants with FEV1/FVC ratio <0.7 were then referred to a confirmatory pulmonary function (PF) test. COPD was confirmed according to the 2020 Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease criteria.

Results: A total of 4577 participants aged 40 years old or above were included in the final analysis. Examination with a mobile spirometer identified 1159 individuals for confirmatory testing; after that, of the 1159 individuals, 889 were diagnosed with COPD by the confirmatory PF test. The prevalence of COPD among the target group was 19.4%. Older age, male sex (odds ratio [OR] = 1.537, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.246-1.894), smoking history (OR = 1.338, 95% CI 1.069-1.675), family history of respiratory disease (OR = 1.625, 95% CI 1.350-1.957), education level (OR = 0.735, 95% CI 0.617-0.876), overweight (OR = 0.614, 95% CI 0.517-0.730) and obesity (OR = 0.572, 95% CI 0.449-0.721) were identified as independent factors associated with COPD. The screening program helped earlier detection of COPD in 719 participants.

Conclusion: COPD was highly prevalent in the rural area studied. Rural residents who were older, current or ever-smokers, male and those who had a lower education level were more vulnerable to developing COPD. The COPD screening program may be helpful for earlier disease detection in rural health-care settings.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - 18(2023) vom: 01., Seite 459-468

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Xiaolong [VerfasserIn]
Lei, Zhiyin [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Song, Yuanyuan [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Xiaoling [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Jianmei [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Shixu [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Liping [VerfasserIn]
Li, Lingyan [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Qin [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Zhen [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Mei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Tingting [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Journal Article
Prevalence
Primary care
Pulmonary function test
Risk factors

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Date Completed 12.04.2023

Date Revised 06.11.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2147/COPD.S400213

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355430622