Table 1

Proportion of respondents who ask about early life factors in patients with respiratory disease

‘Do you ever ask patients you review about….’
Birth weight? (%)Born preterm? (%)Perinatal or pregnancy complications or time in Neonatal unit? (%)
Most patients with respiratory disease142020
Occasionally273738
Selected patients—asthma, COPD, restrictive lung disease or combination484
Do not ask553538
  • COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.