Consultation performance of general practitioners when supported by an asthma/COPDC-service

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Table 2 Mean % of GPs’ consultations in which the burden of the respiratory disease was discussed with the patient, the actual prevalence of the problem as reported by the AC-service and severity weighting for whether or not discussing the item

	Support AC-s
	Prevalence of item reported by AC-s	Item discussed	Weighting severity
BORGscore 0-2¹	49%	51%	*P=0,01*
BORGscore 3	18%	69%
BORGscore ≥ 4	33%	90%
Complaints total	100%	77%
Exacerbations n=0/yr	78%	72%	*P=0,04*
Exacerbations n≥ 1/yr	14%	90%
Exacerbations total	100%	78%
MRC-dyspnea 0-1-2	83%	29%	*P=0,24*
MRC-dyspnea 3-4-5	17%	40%	*P=0,24*
Dyspnea total	100%	31%
BMI < 21	9%	0%	*P=0,06*
BMI 21-30	75%	4%
BMI 25 -30	16%	18%
Weight problems total	100%	6%

(GPs: n=16. Patients “ACs-support”: n= 9-21/GP, total 157).
BORG-score: respiratory complaints 0-2: no or few complaints 3: complaints; ≥ 4: considerable/many complaints.
Exacerbation: need for prednisolon/antibiotics because of respiratory complaints.
MRC-dyspnea scores: 0= no limitations; 1=dyspnea only when exercising; 2= dyspnea in minor exercise; 3= unable to walk up with people of sameage, same sex, without dyspnea; 4= dyspnea in daily chores; 5= dyspnea in self care.

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