Table 3.

Information sources and commitment of patients.

% (n)	Asthma	COPD
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THE LATEST RESEARCH RESULTS?
Extremely interested	19 (30)	20 (29)
Very interested	13 (20)	19 (27)
Interested	57 (91)	49 (69)
Not very interested	11 (20)	12 (20)
HOW DO YOU OBTAIN INFORMATION?
Personally from the treatment physician	40 (100)	64 (116)
At organized meetings/in the club	2 (5)	3 (5)
From the Internet	22 (56)	8 (15)
From flyers	11 (26)	8 (15)
From television, radio, newspaper	25 (63)	17 (32)