The diagnostic performance of patient symptoms in screening for COPD

for the Canadian Cohort of Obstructive Lung Disease (CanCOLD) study and the Canadian Respiratory Research Network

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It is recommended that screening for COPD be restricted to symptomatic individuals, but supporting evidence is lacking. We determined the performance of wheeze, cough, phlegm, and dyspnea in discriminating COPD versus non-COPD in a population-based sample of 1332 adults. Area Under the Receiver Operating Curves (AUC) indicated that symptoms had modest performance whether assessed individually (AUCs 0.55-0.62), or in combination (AUC for number of symptoms as the predictor 0.64). AUC improved with the inclusion of multiple other factors (AUC 0.71). Restricting screening to symptomatic individuals is unlikely to substantially improve the yield of general population screening for undiagnosed COPD.

Idioma originalEnglish
Número de artículo147
PublicaciónRespiratory Research
Volumen19
N.º1
DOI
EstadoPublished - ago. 3 2018

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Funding Information:
The current study was funded by a Canadian Lung Association Breathing as One Studentship Award and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (application number 142238). The Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (CanCOLD) study is currently funded by the Canadian Respiratory Research Network (CRRN); industry partners: Astra Zeneca Canada Ltd.; Boehringer Ingelheim Canada Ltd.; GlaxoSmithKline Canada Ltd.; and Novartis. Researchers at RI-MUHC Montreal and Icapture Centre Vancouver lead the project. Previous funding partners are the CIHR (CIHR/Rx&D Collaborative Research Program Operating Grants 93326); the Respiratory Health Network of the Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRSQ); industry partners: Almirall; Merck Nycomed; Pfizer Canada Ltd.; and Theratechnologies. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, or preparation of the manuscript.

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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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