Quality of life and respiratory symptoms in primary care COPD populations

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: A. Kaplan (Richmond Hill, Canada), K. Romberg (Falsterbo, Sweden), T. van der Molen (Groningen, Netherlands), A. Ostrem (Oslo, Norway)

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Changes in prescriped inhaled COPD medication during a 3 year period in Denmark. A registry study J. Dollerup, C. Suppli Ulrik, T. Brunse HØjmark, K. Rose Olsen, P. Vedsted (Broendby, Hvidovre, Aarhus, Denmark)
Assessment of the COPD patients’ care: An audit of clinical practice A. M. Bennani, F. Z. Drissi, S. Kebbati, M. Guermaz (Oran, Algeria)
Gold vs GesEPOC: Are they different? X. Flor, S. Alvarez, L. Lamarca, L. Berta, V. Feijoo, A. Toscano, C. Carrillo (Barcelona, Spain)
Factors associated with quality of life measured by EQ-5D in Korean COPD patients E. D. Hwang, J. Y. Hong, Y. J. Kim, I. S. Lee, S. K. Kim, J. Chang, Y. A. Kang, Y. S. Kim, C. M. Ahn (Seoul, Republic Of Korea)
Socio-economic variation in health care access and quality of life in COPD; exploring the role of psychosocial factors S. Georgopoulou, H. Booth, H. Thornton, A. Wright, J. Weinman, P. White (London, United Kingdom)
Quality of life and symptoms improvement after 6 months treatment with roflumilast 500 μg daily in a large Greek COPD cohort N. Tzanakis, A. Ginis, G. Politis, G. Kaltsas, A. Nomikou, N. Spandideas, N. M. Siafakas (Heraklion, Athens, Greece)
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD), arterial hypertension (AH) and diabetes mellitus (DM) in a cohort of 609 COPD patients: Associations with the new GOLD classification 2011 A. Papaioannou, K. Bartziokas, S. Loukides, Z. Nouvaki, S. Tsikrika, F. Karakontaki, E. Kastanakis, N. Karagiannidis, A. Haniotou, S. Papiris, K. Kostikas (Marousi, Athens, Melissia, Athens, Chaidari Athens, Greece)
Application CAT questionnaire of the treatment of patients with COPD M. Ilic, I. Kopitovic, B. Zvezdin, N. Tomasevic, L. Vitas (Sremska Kamenica, Novi Sad, Republic Of Serbia)
On-line survey of a 7 steps patient passport for COPD S. Gaduzo, M. Pilling, J. Roberts, P. Sud, J. Williams (Manchester, London, United Kingdom)
HELPing people with very severe COPD: Feasibility study of a novel holistic intervention S. Buckingham, M. Kendall, S. Ferguson, A. Sheikh, S. A. Murrray, W. MacNee, P. White, A. Worth, K. Boyd, H. Pinnock (Edinburgh, London, United Kingdom)
COPD admissions in London: What general practice characteristics are associated? L. Jamieson, H. Thornton, T. Harries, P. Schofield, K. Jackson, P. White (London, Bristol, United Kingdom)
Inappropriate prescriptions following initial COPD diagnosis R. Jones, N. Freemantle, M. Miravitlles, G. Bruselle, K. Gruffydd-Jones, M. Baldwin, R. Stewart, A. Rigazio, A. Burden, D. Price (Plymouth, United States Of America; London, Wiltshire, Horsham, Cambridge, Aberdeen, United Kingdom; Barcelona, Spain; Ghent, Belgium)
Patients’ descriptions of living with COPD E. Österlund Efraimsson, C. Holding Eriksson, A. Håkansson, K. Andersson, H. Bengtsson, S. Lindström, M. Jensen, L. Falk, C. Fehrm (Falun, Sweden)
Does one year change in quality of life predict the mortality in patients with COPD?: Prospective cohort study Y. Havlucu, A. Yorgancioglu, A. Sakar Coskun, P. Celik (Manisa, Turkey)
Reduction in the use of health care resources in patients enrolled in a public program for management of COPD in Bahia, Northeastern Brazil C. R. Pinto, L. L. Yamamura, A. T. Alcântara, I. M. Carneiro, G. D. Q. Andrade, L. A. Costa, G. Souza, A. C. Lemos (Jequié, Salvador, Brazil)
Audit of quality of reviews of COPD patients in a UK primary care practice S. Gaduzo, D. Gaduzo (Stockport, United Kingdom)
Association of patient-perceived COPD symptoms & activity limitations with comorbidities: The "COPD language" study E. Kosmas, P. Bakakos, N. Nikas, E. Panitti, P. Steiropoulos, N. Tzanakis, M. Toumbis (Athens, Alexandroupolis, Heraklion, Greece)
The correlation of new GOLD classification (2011 version) with exercise capacity and mortality P. A. Chou, S. F. Liu, C. C. Wang, C. H. Chin, M. C. Lin (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
Death risk factors in COPD patients in Italian general practices: The COMODHES study S. Maio, S. Baldacci, M. Borbotti, F. Martini, P. Silvi, G. Sarno, S. Cerrai, A. Pala, G. Viegi (Pisa, Palermo, Italy)