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Unmet needs of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a qualitative study on patients and doctors

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Title
Unmet needs of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a qualitative study on patients and doctors
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BMC Family Practice, April 2014
DOI 10.1186/1471-2296-15-67
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Stalia SL Wong, Nurdiana Abdullah, Adina Abdullah, Su-May Liew, Siew-Mooi Ching, Ee-Ming Khoo, Moyez Jiwa, Yook-Chin Chia

Abstract

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a chronic disease with repeated exacerbations resulting in gradual debilitation. The quality of life has been shown to be poor in patients with COPD despite efforts to improve self-management. However, the evidence on the benefit of self-management in COPD is conflicting. Whether this could be due to other unmet needs of patients have not been investigated. Therefore, we aimed to explore unmet needs of patients from both patients and doctors managing COPD.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Korea, Republic of 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Unknown 136 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 23 17%
Researcher 22 16%
Student > Master 21 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 12%
Student > Postgraduate 7 5%
Other 22 16%
Unknown 26 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 42 30%
Nursing and Health Professions 26 19%
Social Sciences 10 7%
Psychology 5 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 2%
Other 23 17%
Unknown 29 21%