Knowledge Level of the Primary Healthcare Providers on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Pulmonary Rehabilitation

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		Section		Section		Section		Section		Section
		%		%		%		%		%		%
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

.