Frequency of COPD in health care workers who smoke

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Autor(a) principal: Kopitovic,Ivan
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Bokan,Aleksandar, Andrijevic,Ilija, Ilic,Miroslav, Marinkovic,Sanja, Milicic,Dragana, Vukoja,Marija
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia (Online)
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Resumo: ABSTRACT Objective: COPD is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Health care providers should counsel their smoking patients with COPD to quit smoking as the first treatment step. However, in countries with high prevalences of smoking, health care workers may also be smokers. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and severity of COPD in health care workers who smoke. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. All health care workers who smoke, from nine health care centers in Serbia, were invited to participate in the study and perform spirometry. The diagnosis of COPD was based on a post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC ratio of < 0.70. All patients completed the COPD Assessment Test and the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence. Results: The study involved 305 subjects, and 47 (15.4%) were male. The mean age of the participants was 49.0 ± 6.5 years. Spirometry revealed obstructive ventilatory defect in 33 subjects (10.8%); restrictive ventilatory defect, in 5 (1.6%); and small airway disease, in 96 (31.5%). A diagnosis of COPD was made in 29 patients (9.5%), 25 (86.2%) of whom were newly diagnosed. On the basis of the Global Initiative for COPD guidelines, most COPD patients belonged to groups A or B (n = 14; 48.2%, for both); 1 belonged to group D (3.6%); and none, to group C. Very high nicotine dependence was more common in those with COPD than in those without it (20.7% vs. 5.4%, p = 0.01). Conclusions: In this sample of health care workers, the frequency of COPD was comparable with that in the general population. The presence of COPD in health care workers who smoke was associated with higher nicotine dependence.
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spelling Frequency of COPD in health care workers who smokePulmonary disease, chronic obstructive/prevention &amp; controlSmokingHealth personnelABSTRACT Objective: COPD is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Health care providers should counsel their smoking patients with COPD to quit smoking as the first treatment step. However, in countries with high prevalences of smoking, health care workers may also be smokers. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and severity of COPD in health care workers who smoke. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. All health care workers who smoke, from nine health care centers in Serbia, were invited to participate in the study and perform spirometry. The diagnosis of COPD was based on a post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC ratio of < 0.70. All patients completed the COPD Assessment Test and the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence. Results: The study involved 305 subjects, and 47 (15.4%) were male. The mean age of the participants was 49.0 ± 6.5 years. Spirometry revealed obstructive ventilatory defect in 33 subjects (10.8%); restrictive ventilatory defect, in 5 (1.6%); and small airway disease, in 96 (31.5%). A diagnosis of COPD was made in 29 patients (9.5%), 25 (86.2%) of whom were newly diagnosed. On the basis of the Global Initiative for COPD guidelines, most COPD patients belonged to groups A or B (n = 14; 48.2%, for both); 1 belonged to group D (3.6%); and none, to group C. Very high nicotine dependence was more common in those with COPD than in those without it (20.7% vs. 5.4%, p = 0.01). Conclusions: In this sample of health care workers, the frequency of COPD was comparable with that in the general population. The presence of COPD in health care workers who smoke was associated with higher nicotine dependence.Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia2017-09-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132017000500351Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia v.43 n.5 2017reponame:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia (Online)instname:Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia (SBPT)instacron:SBPT10.1590/s1806-37562017000000028info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessKopitovic,IvanBokan,AleksandarAndrijevic,IlijaIlic,MiroslavMarinkovic,SanjaMilicic,DraganaVukoja,Marijaeng2017-11-08T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1806-37132017000500351Revistahttp://www.jornaldepneumologia.com.br/default.aspONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||jbp@jbp.org.br|| jpneumo@jornaldepneumologia.com.br1806-37561806-3713opendoar:2017-11-08T00:00Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia (Online) - Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia (SBPT)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Frequency of COPD in health care workers who smoke
title Frequency of COPD in health care workers who smoke
spellingShingle Frequency of COPD in health care workers who smoke
Kopitovic,Ivan
Pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive/prevention &amp; control
Smoking
Health personnel
title_short Frequency of COPD in health care workers who smoke
title_full Frequency of COPD in health care workers who smoke
title_fullStr Frequency of COPD in health care workers who smoke
title_full_unstemmed Frequency of COPD in health care workers who smoke
title_sort Frequency of COPD in health care workers who smoke
author Kopitovic,Ivan
author_facet Kopitovic,Ivan
Bokan,Aleksandar
Andrijevic,Ilija
Ilic,Miroslav
Marinkovic,Sanja
Milicic,Dragana
Vukoja,Marija
author_role author
author2 Bokan,Aleksandar
Andrijevic,Ilija
Ilic,Miroslav
Marinkovic,Sanja
Milicic,Dragana
Vukoja,Marija
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Bokan,Aleksandar
Andrijevic,Ilija
Ilic,Miroslav
Marinkovic,Sanja
Milicic,Dragana
Vukoja,Marija
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive/prevention &amp; control
Smoking
Health personnel
topic Pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive/prevention &amp; control
Smoking
Health personnel
description ABSTRACT Objective: COPD is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Health care providers should counsel their smoking patients with COPD to quit smoking as the first treatment step. However, in countries with high prevalences of smoking, health care workers may also be smokers. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and severity of COPD in health care workers who smoke. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. All health care workers who smoke, from nine health care centers in Serbia, were invited to participate in the study and perform spirometry. The diagnosis of COPD was based on a post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC ratio of < 0.70. All patients completed the COPD Assessment Test and the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence. Results: The study involved 305 subjects, and 47 (15.4%) were male. The mean age of the participants was 49.0 ± 6.5 years. Spirometry revealed obstructive ventilatory defect in 33 subjects (10.8%); restrictive ventilatory defect, in 5 (1.6%); and small airway disease, in 96 (31.5%). A diagnosis of COPD was made in 29 patients (9.5%), 25 (86.2%) of whom were newly diagnosed. On the basis of the Global Initiative for COPD guidelines, most COPD patients belonged to groups A or B (n = 14; 48.2%, for both); 1 belonged to group D (3.6%); and none, to group C. Very high nicotine dependence was more common in those with COPD than in those without it (20.7% vs. 5.4%, p = 0.01). Conclusions: In this sample of health care workers, the frequency of COPD was comparable with that in the general population. The presence of COPD in health care workers who smoke was associated with higher nicotine dependence.
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