Airflow obstruction case finding in community-pharmacies: a novel strategy to reduce COPD underdiagnosis

Respiratory Medicine
D CastilloFARMAEPOC group

Abstract

Community pharmacies (CP) have access to subjects at high-risk of suffering Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). We investigated if a COPD case finding program in CP could be a new strategy to reduce COPD underdiagnosis. Prospective, cross-sectional, descriptive, uncontrolled, remotely supported study in 100 CP in Barcelona, Spain. Pharmacists were trained in a four-day workshop on spirometry and COPD, and each was provided with a spirometer for 12 weeks. The program included questionnaires and forced spirometry measurements, whose quality was controlled and monitored by web-assistance. Overall 2295 (73.5%), of 3121 CP customers invited to participate in the program accepted, and 1.456 (63.4%) were identified as "high risk" for COPD using the GOLD questionnaire. Only 33 could not conduct spirometry, and a pre-bronchodilator airflow limitation (FEV1/FVC ratio <0.7) was confirmed in 282 (19.8%); 244 of these were referred to their primary care (PC) physician for further diagnostic and therapeutic work-up, but only 39 of them (16%) fed-back this information to the pharmacist. Clinically acceptable quality spirometries (grade A or B) were obtained in 69.4% of the cases. This study shows that adequately trained and supporte...Continue Reading

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