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Awareness towards the main ILD among primary care physicians

BACKGROUND: Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) comprise a group of multiple entities sharing some clinical, functional, and radiological similarities. In many countries primary care setting has been devoid of pre- and post-graduate educational interventions focused on basic knowledge on ILD. This, al...

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Autores principales: Silva, Mariana, Fernandes, Amélia, Pereira, Ana Rita, Madanelo, Sofia, Clemêncio, Tatiana, Ferreira, Pedro Gonçalo
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Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9088858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35558644
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2022.848
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author Silva, Mariana
Fernandes, Amélia
Pereira, Ana Rita
Madanelo, Sofia
Clemêncio, Tatiana
Ferreira, Pedro Gonçalo
author_facet Silva, Mariana
Fernandes, Amélia
Pereira, Ana Rita
Madanelo, Sofia
Clemêncio, Tatiana
Ferreira, Pedro Gonçalo
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description BACKGROUND: Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) comprise a group of multiple entities sharing some clinical, functional, and radiological similarities. In many countries primary care setting has been devoid of pre- and post-graduate educational interventions focused on basic knowledge on ILD. This, along with usual nonspecificity of symptoms at presentation, may contribute to diagnostic delay in this disease setting. METHODS: We designed a study questionnaire to assess the level of awareness on basic diagnostic and management aspects of core ILDs – idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), hypersensitivity pneumonitis, sarcoidosis, connective tissue disease related-ILD, and drug-induced ILD - among primary care physicians (GPs) from five “ACeS Baixo Vouga” health centres and to perceive possible weaknesses. Differences in awareness between GPs under 45 and over 45 yearsold were also assessed. RESULTS: Globally, 69% of questions were correctly answered but only 21.9% of GPs considered to have a satisfactory self-perceived level of knowledge on ILD. Except sarcoidosis (p=0.017) and some isolated questions on other diseases, no significant differences were found between physicians below 45 years and above. Though, there was a trend to higher awareness in the younger group. The best awareness was seen in sarcoidosis. IPF questions had the worst performance and only 48.5% of GPs recognized the importance of velcro-type crackles in suggesting a possible diagnosis. CONCLUSION: Specific attention should be devoted to educational interventions directed to GPs on basic notions on the main ILDs. This could improve the usual diagnostic delay in many ILDs, as a timely diagnosis is essential for an early treatment and prolonged patient survival.
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spelling pubmed-90888582022-05-11 Awareness towards the main ILD among primary care physicians Silva, Mariana Fernandes, Amélia Pereira, Ana Rita Madanelo, Sofia Clemêncio, Tatiana Ferreira, Pedro Gonçalo Multidiscip Respir Med Original Research Article BACKGROUND: Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) comprise a group of multiple entities sharing some clinical, functional, and radiological similarities. In many countries primary care setting has been devoid of pre- and post-graduate educational interventions focused on basic knowledge on ILD. This, along with usual nonspecificity of symptoms at presentation, may contribute to diagnostic delay in this disease setting. METHODS: We designed a study questionnaire to assess the level of awareness on basic diagnostic and management aspects of core ILDs – idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), hypersensitivity pneumonitis, sarcoidosis, connective tissue disease related-ILD, and drug-induced ILD - among primary care physicians (GPs) from five “ACeS Baixo Vouga” health centres and to perceive possible weaknesses. Differences in awareness between GPs under 45 and over 45 yearsold were also assessed. RESULTS: Globally, 69% of questions were correctly answered but only 21.9% of GPs considered to have a satisfactory self-perceived level of knowledge on ILD. Except sarcoidosis (p=0.017) and some isolated questions on other diseases, no significant differences were found between physicians below 45 years and above. Though, there was a trend to higher awareness in the younger group. The best awareness was seen in sarcoidosis. IPF questions had the worst performance and only 48.5% of GPs recognized the importance of velcro-type crackles in suggesting a possible diagnosis. CONCLUSION: Specific attention should be devoted to educational interventions directed to GPs on basic notions on the main ILDs. This could improve the usual diagnostic delay in many ILDs, as a timely diagnosis is essential for an early treatment and prolonged patient survival. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2022-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9088858/ /pubmed/35558644 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2022.848 Text en ©Copyright: the Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License (by-nc 4.0) which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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Madanelo, Sofia
Clemêncio, Tatiana
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9088858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35558644
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/mrm.2022.848
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