Table 2.
Rate of correctly answering the questions in the sections based on sex, age, mean age, year, occupational group, and practice setting.
| Definition, risk factors, physiopathology, and epidemiology of COPD | Diagnosis and management of COPD | Basic concepts in pulmonary function test (PFT) for COPD | Patient training and pharmacological treatment in stable COPD | Nonpharmacological treatment in COPD | Approach to diagnosis and management in exacerbations of COPD | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Section 1 | Section 2 | Section 3 | Section 4 | Section 5 | Section 6 | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Male | 15 | 75,0∗ | 3 | 75,0 | 7 | 77,8 | 1 | 33,3 | 5 | 83,3 | 1 | 100,0 |
| Female | 5 | 25,0 | 1 | 25,0 | 2 | 22,2 | 2 | 66,7 | 1 | 16,7 | 0 | 0,0 |
| Mean age | ||||||||||||
| Above mean age (>45,6) | 16 | 72,7 | 4 | 66,7 | 3 | 33,3 | 1 | 25,0 | 5 | 71,4 | 0 | 0,0 |
| Below mean age (<45,6) | 6 | 27,3 | 2 | 33,3 | 6 | 66,7 | 3 | 75,0 | 2 | 28,6 | 1 | 100,0 |
| Mean number of working years | ||||||||||||
| Above mean number of working years (>21,4) | 17 | 77,3∗ | 4 | 66,7 | 2 | 25,0 | 1 | 33,3 | 4 | 57,1 | 0 | 0,0 |
| Below mean number of working years (<21,4) | 5 | 22,7 | 2 | 33,3 | 6 | 75,0 | 2 | 66,7 | 3 | 42,9 | 1 | 100,0 |
| Occupational group | ||||||||||||
| Physician | 5 | 20,8 | 1 | 16,7 | 1 | 11,1 | 1 | 25,0 | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | 0,0 |
| Nonphysician healthcare provider | 19 | 79,2 | 5 | 83,3 | 8 | 88,9 | 3 | 75,0 | 7 | 100,0 | 1 | 100,0 |
| Practice setting | ||||||||||||
| FHC | 19 | 82,6 | 4 | 66,7 | 7 | 77,8 | 3 | 75,0 | 7 | 100,0 | 1 | 50,0 |
| HCS | 4 | 17,4 | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | 0,0 | 1 | 25,0 | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | 0,0 |
| CODH | 0 | 0,0 | 2 | 33,3 | 2 | 22,2 | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | 0,0 | 1 | 50,0 |
∗ p < 0.05.