[Evaluation of the chronic airflow obstruction programme].
The article evaluates the chronic airflow obstruction programme operating in the Family and Community Medicine Teaching Unit of Segovia since the end of 1987. The evaluation period covers from October 1989 to October 1990. The results are compared with those obtained from the first evaluation made and with the objectives of the programme. The total of cases and population at risk was 111, 41.1% of the target; this low success rate was due to a reduction in the capture of new cases and to a loss of 28.8% of patients from the programme. We obtained a higher number of patients showing clinical improvement and managed to persuade 15% of those at risk to stop smoking. Nevertheless we did not, in general terms, achieve an improvement in the quality of attendance relative to the objectives established for the programme nor relative to the first evaluation period.
Velarde Mayol
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Centro de Salud Segovia-1, Segovia.
Catalina Zamora
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Hernández Almarza
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015397:Program Evaluation; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*