Saves the questions and what to expect into your notes, next to the visit they belong to.
Keep this study
Lead
ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development
With
The Netherlands Asthma Foundation
Pharmacia
GlaxoSmithKline
Age
35–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
A software program using Anatomical Therapeutical Chemical (ATC) prescription codes and International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC) diagnosis codes selected potential patients with COPD. Criteria: age \>35 years and a diagnosis recorded as COPD or as ICPC code R95/96, or a prescription of at least three times of bronchodilators (ATC code R03a/bc) and/or prescription of at least two times of inhaled anti-inflammatory medication in the past year (ATC code R03). General practitioners (GPs) had to confirm the diagnosis of the selection. Patients were eligible to participate if they met the following criteria:
Current smoking
Suffering from COPD according to the GP's diagnosis
In command of the Dutch language.
You may not be if
Too ill
Under control of a chest physician
Serious physical or psychological comorbidity
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