Primary Health Management for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

"Each group plans to recruit 3,000 participants. For the intervention group, the community-based management includes adding COPD management-related content to the primary public health service. This includes: Providing at least four follow-ups during the project at the 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th months. During each follow-up, patients must complete the COPD Patient Follow-up Questionnaire and receive oral health education and targeted clinical advice from the general practitioner (GP). In addition, the GPs must also distribute educational booklets and materials, record symptom assessment results and acute exacerbation situations, and provide targeted clinical advice and clinical decisions to the COPD patients according to the checklist of Chinese guideline for management of COPD in primary care. At the baseline and the last follow-up, patients need to undergo a routine physical examination, pulmonary function test, and bronchodilator test at their community health centers"