Table 3.
Frequency distribution of points per questiona, presented in three groups (1–3).
| Number of GPs (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Short description (question number) | 0 points | 1 point | 2 points |
| 1. Questions on which more than 75% of GPs scored 1–2 points | |||
| Smoking cessation, unmotivated patients (3) | 15 (6%) | 162 (65%) | 73 (29%) |
| Follow-up of acute exacerbation (5) | 35 (14%) | 112 (45%) | 103 (41%) |
| Smoking cessation, motivated patients (6) | 55 (22%) | 59 (24%) | 136 (54%) |
| 2. Questions on which 25–75% of GPs scored 1–2 points | |||
| Diagnostic procedures (1) | 122 (49%) | 107 (43%) | 21 (8%) |
| Multimorbidity in COPD patients without obvious symptoms from airways or COPD comorbidities (an annual check-up) (12) | 124 (50%) | 102 (40%) | 24 (10%) |
| Multimorbidity in COPD patients with symptoms from airways (increased fatigue and/or dyspnea) and/or COPD comorbidities (an annual check-up) (13) | 132 (53%) | 83 (33%) | 35 (14%) |
| Follow-up of patients with stable COPD (9) | 136 (54%) | 90 (36%) | 24 (10%) |
| Heart failure medication for patients with COPD (8) | 148 (59%) | 86 (34%) | 16 (6%) |
| Maintenance treatment of COPD (GOLD B patients) (7) | 150 (60%) | – | 100 (40%) |
| Managing a suspected respiratoryfailure (11) | 155 (62%) | – | 95 (38%) |
| Treatment of acute exacerbation (4) | 177 (71%) | – | 73 (29%) |
| Interprofessional interventions (10) | 181 (72%) | – | 69 (28%) |
| 3. Questions on which less than 25% of GPs scored 1–2 points | |||
| Spirometry interpretation (2) | 192 (77%) | – | 58 (23%) |
a
Each response was given a score of between 0 and 2 points; the highest possible score was 2 points. On questions 7, 11, 4, 10 and 2, only two scores were possible: 0 or 2 points.