Comparison with existing literature
COPD
COPD
Although 11 430 patients were screened and 3162 patients were enrolled, the study detected only 24 (0.8%) new cases of COPD; however, the detection rates were similar to those reported in randomised studies conducted in primary care (0.5%– 3.0%).In the UK, nurses play a major role in primary care, which is not the case in France. Results of the study presented here show that interventions adapted to the French healthcare system detect COPD at levels that are comparable with those reported in other countries, and may suggest an innovative and complementary approach for other countries. In the DISCO study, patients were enrolled during only 4 months, compared with 5–12 months in other studies.The DISCO study and the reported randomised studies all excluded patients who had already been diagnosed with COPD.