Table S5.
Comparison of physician and patient beliefs by country: Continuing to Confront COPD International Survey, 2012–2013
| Total (N=1,307) |
USA (N=200) |
Mexico (N=101) |
Brazil (N=101) |
France (N=100) |
Germany (N=100) |
Italy (N=100) |
Spain (N=100) |
UK (N=100) |
NL (N=101) |
Russia (N=100) |
Japan (N=101) |
SK (N=103) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| There are no truly effective treatments for COPD | |||||||||||||
| Physicians strongly agree or somewhat agree (%)* | 39 | 19 | 53 | 38 | 37 | 22 | 38 | 32 | 48 | 39 | 72 | 39 | 59 |
| Patients strongly agree or somewhat agree (%)* | 46 | 40 | 50 | 46 | 53 | 50 | 26 | 45 | 55 | 37 | 43 | 47 | 63 |
| Smoking is the cause of most cases of COPD | |||||||||||||
| Physicians strongly disagree or somewhat disagree (%)* | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Patients strongly disagree or somewhat disagree (%)* | 31 | 32 | 31 | 19 | 21 | 43 | 36 | 21 | 19 | 36 | 19 | 48 | 39 |
| Smoking cessation counselling practices | |||||||||||||
| Physicians counsel smokers at every visit (%) | 68 | 73 | 84 | 88 | 57 | 44 | 87 | 79 | 60 | 44 | 77 | 47 | 65 |
| Patients who smoke or quit in the past year Doctor has discussed stopping smoking in the past 12 months (%) | 71 | 82 | 66 | 87 | 72 | 35 | 86 | 74 | 81 | 59 | 66 | 47 | 70 |
| Lung function testing practices | |||||||||||||
| Physicians use spirometry to diagnose COPD (%) | 86 | 88 | 88 | 95 | 63 | 97 | 37 | 97 | 100 | 97 | 100 | 85 | 86 |
| Patients ever had a lung function test (%) | 76 | 89 | 57 | 76 | 28 | 95 | 56 | 89 | 88 | 91 | 59 | 85 | 78 |
Notes:
*
From four possible responses (strongly agree, somewhat agree, strongly disagree, and somewhat disagree).
Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; NL, the Netherlands; SK, South Korea.