Table III.
Intervention |
Control |
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Before | After | Before | After | Difference in change between intervention and control group Odds [CI] | p-value | |
Process of care | ||||||
Planned visits (% patients) | 16 | 44 | 19 | 25 | 1.08 [1.2, 6.9] | 0.014 |
Periodical lung function measurement (% patients) | 17 | 67 | 11 | 18 | 5.54 [1.9, 16.2] | 0.001 |
Periodical smoking cessation advice (% smokers) | 60 | 100 | 61 | 58 | 17.41 [0.3, 971.4] | 0.16 |
Patient outcome | ||||||
Non-smokers (% patients) | 70 | 81 | 70 | 74 | 1.03 [0.5, 1.8] | 0.9 |
Correct inhalation technique (% patients) | 41 | 54 | 47 | 29 | 3.68 [1.5, 8.5] | 0.002 |
No exacerbation in 3 months (% patients) | 79 | 81 | 77 | 69 | 1.75 [0.7, 5.0] | 0.24 |
No emergency medication in 12 months (% patients) | 79 | 84 | 81 | 76 | 1.96 [08, 5.0] | 0.08 |