The challenges of recruiting never-smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from the large population-based Swedish CArdiopulmonary bioImage study (SCAPIS) cohort

The challenges of recruiting never-smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from the large population-based Swedish CArdiopulmonary bioImage study (SCAPIS) cohort

Background A substantial proportion of individuals with COPD have never smoked, and it is implied to be more common than previously anticipated but poorly studied.Aim To describe the process of recruitment of never-smokers with COPD from a population-based cohort (n = 30 154).Methods We recruited ne...

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Main Authors: Pernilla Sönnerfors, Petra Kristina Jacobson, Anders Andersson, Annelie Behndig, Leif Bjermer, Anders Blomberg, Heléne Blomqvist, Jonas Erjefält, Maria Friberg, Kristina Lamberg Lundström, Anna Lundborg, Andrei Malinovschi, Hans Lennart Persson, Ellen Tufvesson, Åsa Wheelock, Christer Janson, Carl Magnus Sköld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
Series:European Clinical Respiratory Journal
Subjects:
COPD
COPD diagnosis
spirometry
never-smokers
recruitment
population-based
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/20018525.2024.2372903

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