Recommended task | Nurse undertaken accredited COPD training | Patient seen in a designated respiratory clinic | ||||
Yes (N = 118) | No (N = 228) | p Value | Yes (N = 150) | No (N = 151) | p Value | |
Assessing psychosocial problems | 74 (63%, 54 to 71) | 101 (44%, 38 to 51) | 0.001 | 84 (56%, 48 to 64) | 67 (44%, 36 to 52) | 0.028 |
Assessing disability with a validated scale | 80 (68%, 59 to 76) | 84 (37%, 31 to 43) | <0.001 | 80 (53%, 45 to 61) | 60 (40%, 32 to 48) | 0.009 |
Numbers are N (%, 95% CI).