Table 3.
Distribution of doctors' responses to questions on practice of spirometry as related to the type of hospitals
| Type of hospital | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UTH/FMC | DGH/PH | ||
| Questions related to practice of spirometry | n (%) | n (%) | Total |
| 1. How frequently do you use spirometry in your practice?* | |||
| Very often | 78(30.6) | 21(31.8) | 99(30.8) |
| Occasionally | 123(48.2) | 30(45.5) | 153(47.7) |
| Rarely | 45(17.7) | 9(13.6) | 54(16.8) |
| Never/can't recall | 9(3.5) | 6(9.1) | 15(4.6) |
| 2. How frequently do you request spirometry for monitoring? | |||
| for asthma? † | |||
| Frequently depending on control | 33(12.9) | 9(13.6) | 42(13.1) |
| Once a year | 12(4.7) | 6(9.1) | 18(5.6) |
| Every follow up | 72(28.2) | 15(22.7) | 87(27.1) |
| Never | 138(54.1) | 36(54.6) | 174(54.2) |
| 3. How frequently do you request spirometry for diagnosing? | |||
| COPD? § | |||
| Very frequent | 87(34.1) | 12(18.2) | 99(30.8) |
| Occasionally | 39(15.3) | 15(22.7) | 54(16.8) |
| Rarely | 27(10.6) | 9(13.6) | 36(11.2) |
| Never | 102(40.0) | 30(45.5) | 132(41.1) |
| 4. How frequently do you request for spirometry | |||
| pre employment test? a | |||
| Very frequent | 27(10.6) | 6(9.1) | 33(10.3) |
| Occasionally | 30(11.8) | 12(18.2) | 42(13.1) |
| Rarely | 150(58.8) | 39(59.1) | 189(58.9) |
| Never/can't recall | 48(18.8) | 9(13.6) | 57(17.8) |
| 5. How confident are you at interpreting spirometry? d | |||
| Not confident | 53(20.8) | 24(36.4) | 87(27.1) |
| Slightly confident | 129(50.6) | 39(59.1) | 168(52.3) |
| Very confident | 57(22.4) | 3(4.5) | 60(18.7) |
| Don't know | 26(10.2) | 0(0.0) | 6(1.9) |
*X 2 = 6.9 df = 3 P =< 0.07, †, X2 = 2.4 df = 3 p = 0.49, § X2 = 9.8 df = 3 p = 0.02, a X2 = 6.5 df = 3
p = 0.09 δ X2 = 121 df = 3 p = 0.02
UTH/FMC = University Teaching Hospital/Federal Medical Centre
DGH/PH = District & General hospital/private Hospital