DIFFERENTIATION OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND ASTHMA USING SYMPTOM BASED QUESTIONNAIRE

Shweta Gupta; Siddharth Raj Yadav; Suneel Kumar Garg

Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

DIFFERENTIATION OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND ASTHMA USING SYMPTOM BASED QUESTIONNAIRE

Shweta Gupta, Siddharth Raj Yadav, Suneel Kumar Garg

Abstract :

Obstructive airway diseases, both chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma are leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Both of the diseases are treatable. Early and correct diagnosis has better prognosis. They are often misdiagnosed or under diagnosed by primary health providers due to lack of proper training and non-availability of spirometry. Hence a symptom-based questionnaire was proposed and used to differentiate COPD and asthma.The patients were interviewed and spirometry was done to find the differentiating features.

Leading differentiating factors for COPD and asthma were:Sex, BMI, smoking index, chronic cough, chronic phlegm, MMRC dyspnoea scale, eathing related hospitalization, wheezing, past history of use of inhaled medications, h/o hay fever, eczema or skin allergy, nasal problems, family h/o allergy, h/o treatment for eathing difficulty.