title: Hospital doctors' assessment of baseline spirometry.
abstract: Baseline spirometry is useful in diagnosing and managing pulmonary disease. In a questionnaire survey of 100 hospital doctors in two hospitals in the Mersey region, their views and ability to interpret baseline spirometry was assessed. Of the 70 doctors who responded, 65% felt they could accurately interpret baseline spirometry. However, only 12% accurately interpreted all five vitalographs in the questionnaire. The majority (72%) felt they had not had adequate teaching in interpretation of spirometry, and 63% would prefer a report from a respiratory technician. These result suggest that improvement needs to be made in interpretation of baseline spirometry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Wirral NHS Trust Hospital, Upton, Merseyside, UK.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stephenson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abdel-Rahman-Abdel-Wahab
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Turnbull
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D015588:Observer Variation; D013147:Spirometry; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires