Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Turco P

Publications

• Research Article
  COPD and Public Opinion: Results of a Survey in the General Population
  Author(s): Dal Negro RW, Guerriero M and Turco PDal Negro RW, Guerriero M and Turco P
  
  The assessment of public opinion’s belief represents an important instrument in order to evaluate the best actions aimed at the containment of all conditions of substantial social impact. Aim: Aim of the study was to investigate the current awareness and the perception of COPD in the Italian general population. Methods: the opinion survey was carried out by means of the Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing Technique (CATI). A pre-determined set of ten simple closed questions aimed to investigate the subjects’ basic knowledge and awareness on COPD was the operational instrument. Results: respondents were 1,170 individuals, representative of the national general population. The final redemption rate of the survey was 14%, such as one successful interview out of 7 attempts: this result is clearly mirroring the poor appeal of COPD in the publi.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-105X.1000255

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