Table 2 Answers (n = 26) from the questionnaire “Mapping of resources and interventions”
Measure | Centres |
|---|---|
Staffing | |
Nurse with responsibility for COPD and asthma | 85% |
Physician with responsibility for COPD and asthma | 58% |
Physiotherapist | 61% |
Assistant nurse | 42% |
Dietitian | 35% |
Occupational therapist | 31% |
Medical social worker | 19% |
Psychologist | 19% |
Further training and time for COPD | |
Further training for COPD care | 77% |
Nurse with University credits within COPD and asthma (7,5 credits or more) | 31% |
Nurse, hours per week spent for working with: | |
- patients with COPD, median (range) - patients with COPD and asthma, median (range) | 4 (0–15) 8 (2–30) |
Equipment | |
Spirometer | 100% |
Pulse oximeter | 100% |
Oxygen | 96% |
Nebuliser | 84% |
Examinations and interventions | |
Spirometry | 88% |
Spirometry and reversibility test | 85% |
Treatment of exacerbations | 85% |
Follow up of prioritised patients | 58% |
Care programme for COPD care (National or Regional) | 77% |
Routinely offers health promotion for COPD | 38% |
Smoking cessation support | 85% |
Assessment of symptoms with CAT | 38% |
Assessment of symptoms with mMRC | 19% |
6-min walk test | 23% |
Patient education in groups (with several professions involved) | 15% |
Written treatment plan | 15% |
Difficulties with health promotion for COPD | |
Lack of resources | 38% |
COPD patients not interested | 27% |
Travel problems for COPD patients | 23% |
Not a prioritised group | 8% |
Lack of adequate knowledge among professionals | 8% |
Professionals not convinced about effects | 0% |