Table 1.
Variables associated with recognition of the term “COPD” or the term “emphysema” among primary care clinic users in Goiânia, Brazil, 2013–2014
| Variable | Recognition of “COPD” or “emphysema”
|
Total | Pa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | ||||
| Yes | No | |||
|
| ||||
| n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Age | ||||
| <60 years | 367 (85.5) | 62 (14.5) | 429 | 0.229 |
| ≥60 years | 201 (82.0) | 44 (18.0) | 245 | |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 362 (86.2) | 58 (13.8) | 420 | 0.079 |
| Male | 206 (81.1) | 48 (18.9) | 254 | |
| Years of schooling | ||||
| ≤4 | 233 (77.9) | 66 (22.1) | 299 | <0.001 |
| 5–8 | 156 (84.8) | 28 (15.2) | 184 | |
| ≥9 | 179 (93.7) | 12 (6.3) | 191 | |
| Smoking status | ||||
| Smoker | 71 (83.5) | 14 (16.5) | 85 | 0.878 |
| Former smoker | 187 (83.5) | 37 (16.5) | 224 | |
| Nonsmoker | 310 (84.9) | 55 (15.1) | 365 | |
| Total | 568 (84.3) | 106 (15.7) | 674 | |
Note:
a
Obtained by chi-square test.
Abbreviation: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.