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Título: | Asthma incidence and accuracy of diagnosis in the Portuguese sentinel practice network |
Autor(es): | Correia de Sousa, Jaime Silva, Manuel Luciano Lobo, Filipa Almada Yaphe, John |
Palavras-chave: | Asthma Incidence Diagnosis Diagnostic accuracy Family practice General practice Portugal |
Data: | 20-Abr-2010 |
Editora: | Nature Publishing Group |
Revista: | Primary Care Respiratory Journal |
Citação: | de Sousa, J. C., Silva, M. L., Lobo, F. A., & Yaphe, J. (2010). Asthma incidence and accuracy of diagnosis in the Portuguese sentinel practice network. Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 19(4), 352 |
Resumo(s): | Aims: Asthma is frequently under-diagnosed with a wide variation in incidence rates. We aimed to assess how physicians in a Portuguese sentinel practice network perform using standardised diagnostic criteria. Method: Patients consulting one of the 43 network physicians with complaints suggestive of asthma were enrolled in the study over a four-year period. Symptom frequency and diagnoses of asthma were tabulated. Diagnostic accuracy was computed by dividing the rate of asthma diagnosis by the true rate using established diagnostic criteria. Results: Over four years, 43 physicians followed 32,103 patients (128,412 patient-years) and diagnosed asthma in 310. The diagnosis was,confirmed in 260 cases, giving a true incidence rate of 2.02/1000/year (95% confidence interval 1.8 to 2.2) and an accuracy of diagnosis of 84%. Conclusions: Asthma incidence approaches published rates if accepted criteria are used. Educational efforts to ensure more accurate diagnosis may improve outcomes for asthma patients. |
Tipo: | Artigo |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/1822/50550 |
DOI: | 10.4104/pcrj.2010.00022 |
ISSN: | 1475-1534 |
Versão da editora: | https://www.nature.com/articles/pcrj201022 |
Arbitragem científica: | yes |
Acesso: | Acesso aberto |
Aparece nas coleções: | ICVS - Artigos em revistas internacionais / Papers in international journals |
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