Prevalence Study and Regular Practice Among General Practitioners in Populations at Risk of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Latin America

Prevalence Study and Regular Practice (Diagnosis and Treatment) Among General Practitioners in Populations at Risk of COPD in Latin America

PUMA is an observational, multicentre, multinational, cross-sectional study with primary care physicians (primary care, general and family physicians). Participants will be selected sequentially among patients at risk for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) who attend primary care consultation (primary care, general and family physicians). The inclusion visit will be a regularly scheduled or spontaneous consultation for patients, and this appointment with the physician will not depend on the study. During the appointment, data will be collected from the patient and the physician.

PREVALENCE STUDY AND REGULAR PRACTICE (DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT) AMONG GENERAL PRACTICIONERS IN POPULATIONS AT RISK OF COPD IN LATIN AMERICA

Inclusion Criteria:

• Men or women aged more or equal than 40
• Current or former smokers and/or patients exposed to biomass combustion:

Cigarettes: more or equal than 10 packs/year; Pipes: more or equal than 50 pipes/year; Cigars: more or equal than 50 cigars/year; Combustion: more or equal 100 hours/firewood/year

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnancy
• Patients with contraindications for spirometry
• Physical or mental disability rendering the patient unable to undergo a spirometry test and to contribute data to the study
• Heart rate ≥ 120 beats by minute
• Patients currently undergoing treatment for tuberculosis
• A patient who is participating in an interventional clinical trial or was previously included in this study