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COPD exacerbations associated with the modified Medical Research Council scale and COPD assessment test among Humana Medicare members

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, January 2016
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Title
COPD exacerbations associated with the modified Medical Research Council scale and COPD assessment test among Humana Medicare members
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International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, January 2016
DOI 10.2147/copd.s94323
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Margaret K Pasquale, Yihua Xu, Christine L Baker, Kelly H Zou, John G Teeter, Andrew M Renda, Cralen C Davis, Theodore C Lee, Joel Bobula

Abstract

The Global initiative for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease guidelines recommend assessment of COPD severity, which includes symptomatology using the modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) or COPD assessment test (CAT) score in addition to the degree of airflow obstruction and exacerbation history. While there is great interest in incorporating symptomatology, little is known about how patient reported symptoms are associated with future exacerbations and exacerbation-related costs. The mMRC and CAT were mailed to a randomly selected sample of 4,000 Medicare members aged >40 years, diagnosed with COPD (≥2 encounters with International Classification of Dis eases-9th Edition Clinical Modification: 491.xx, 492.xx, 496.xx, ≥30 days apart). The exacerbations and exacerbation-related costs were collected from claims data during 365-day post-survey after exclusion of members lost to follow-up or with cancer, organ transplant, or pregnancy. A logistic regression model estimated the predictive value of exacerbation history and symptomatology on exacerbations during follow-up, and a generalized linear model with log link and gamma distribution estimated the predictive value of exacerbation history and symptomatology on exacerbation-related costs. Among a total of 1,159 members who returned the survey, a 66% (765) completion rate was observed. Mean (standard deviation) age among survey completers was 72.0 (8.3), 53.7% female and 91.2% white. Odds ratios for having post-index exacerbations were 3.06, 4.55, and 16.28 times for members with 1, 2, and ≥3 pre-index exacerbations, respectively, relative to members with 0 pre-index exacerbations (P<0.001 for all). The odds ratio for high vs low symptoms using CAT was 2.51 (P<0.001). Similarly, exacerbation-related costs were 73% higher with each incremental pre-index exacerbation, and over four fold higher for high-vs low-symptom patients using CAT (each P<0.001). The symptoms using mMRC were not statistically significant in either model (P>0.10). The patient-reported symptoms contribute important information related to future COPD exacerbations and exacerbation-related costs beyond that explained by exacerbation history.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Canada 1 3%
Unknown 28 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 6 21%
Researcher 5 17%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 10%
Student > Bachelor 2 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 7%
Other 4 14%
Unknown 7 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 11 38%
Computer Science 2 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 3%
Social Sciences 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 12 41%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 April 2018.
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#369
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#51,868
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Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
#7
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