Agreement between diagnoses of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by primary care providers and those derived from pulmonary function testing
PFT-derived diagnoses | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asthma* | COPD* | ||||||
Yes | No | Total | Yes | No | Total | ||
Prior diagnosis of OAD by PCP | Yes | 106 | 87 | 193 | 27 | 11 | 38 |
No | 43 | 92 | 135 | 70 | 220 | 290 | |
Total | 149 | 179 | 328 | 97 | 231 | 328 | |
PPV, % | 54.9 | 71.1 | |||||
NPV, % | 68.1 | 75.9 | |||||
κ value | 0.22 | 0.28 | |||||
p value | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Note: COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, NPV = negative predictive value, OAD = obstructive airway disease, PCP = primary care provider, PFT = pulmonary function testing, PPV = positive predictive value.
↵* A total of 11 patients had both asthma and COPD diagnoses.