Delphi Consensus of Argentine Pulmonologists on the Management of Patients with COPD in Real Life

© 2024 Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica (SEPAR). Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U..

Introduction: COPD is the third cause of death globally and in Argentina COPD has a prevalence of 14.5%, but the management of patients in real life is unknown. The objectives of this work were: a) To know the opinions of pulmonologists in Argentina who manage patients with COPD in different aspects of daily practice. b) Compare our findings with specialists from Spain and c) Consider our results to plan future directives in the management of COPD in our country.

Material and methods: 89 pulmonologists from Argentina, experts in COPD, participated in a Delphi consensus, who responded to a survey with five domains. a) Adherence to treatment, b) Control of COPD, c) Treatable features, d) Inhalation devices and e) Accessibility to therapeutic resources.

Results: After two rounds of questions, total consensus was achieved in 77.6% of the statements and discriminating by domain: Treatment adherence: 5/9 (55.5%). COPD control: 10/14 (71.4%). Treatable traits: 6/6 (100%). Inhalation devices: 10/14 (71.4%) and Accessibility to treatment: 6/6 (100%). In most of the affirmations, the results were similar to those obtained by Spanish pulmonologists.

Conclusions: Pulmonologists from Argentina manage COPD patients in a similar way and with minimal differences with our Spanish colleagues. It became evident that, in daily practice, there are factors that negatively impact access to the indicated treatments. Our work could serve as a starting point to improve this situation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

Enthalten in:

Open respiratory archives - 6(2024), 2 vom: 29. März, Seite 100302

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Consenso Delphi de neumólogos argentinos sobre el manejo de los pacientes con EPOC en la vida real

Beteiligte Personen:

Penizzotto, Miguel [VerfasserIn]
López, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Wustten, Carlos S [VerfasserIn]
Abratte, Vanesa [VerfasserIn]
Arias, Sergio [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Consensus
English Abstract
Journal Article
Pulmonologists
Real life

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Date Revised 07.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.opresp.2024.100302

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369348168