Characteristics of an optimized patient information material for elderly patients with obstructive pulmonary diseases based on patients’ and experts’ assessment

Table 2 Time spent with patients during diagnosis and control investigations

	Time spent with patient^a (min)	Pulmonologists (%)	Asthma nurses (%)^b	GPs (%)
Diagnosis	1–10	16.8	15.7	-
	10–15	42.7	53.0	-
	15–20	26.0	19.6	-
	>20	14.5	11.7	-
Control, Patient without symptoms	1–10	58.4	42.2	91.9
	10–15	34.7	50.9	6.2
	15–20	4.6	6.9	1.9
	>20	2.3	0.0	0.0
Control, patient with symptoms	1–10	7.2	6.9	39.0
	10–15	47.7	46.1	43.6
	15–20	33.9	31.3	13.7
	> 20	11.2	15.7	3.7

^a How much time in average they spent with the patient (investigation, demonstration of the correct usage of inhalation devices, education, explanation of the disease, background and future perspectives)
^b Regarding the increasing number of patients in the practice - sometimes 30 patients a day or more - the asthma nurses actively participate in the diagnostic process, but the final diagnostic decision is always entitled to the pulmonologist

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