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Trial reportPneumologie (Stuttgart, Germany)2022

[Validation study of MEP questionnaire for simplified detection of exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].

Thomas Hering, Axel Krinner, Dietmar Bulenda

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Trial report in Pneumologie (Stuttgart, Germany), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas HeringPneumologie, Lungenarztpraxis Tegel, Berlin, Deutschland.ORCID 0000-0001-6108-8382
Axel KrinnerStatistik, Wissenschaftliches Institut für Gesundheitsökonomie und Gesundheitssystemforschung WIG2 GmbH, Leipzig, Deutschland.
Dietmar BulendaMedizin, med wiss Gesellschaft für Versorgungsforschung in der Medizin mbH, Günzburg, Deutschland.
Evangelische Lungenklinik Berlin · DEIGES Institut · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Questionnaire "Monitoring of Exacerbation Probability" (MEP) provides a novel simple tool to assist detection and semiquantitative numerical documentation of exacerbation (ECOPD) in daily routine. In a prospective multi-center trial involving 3751 visits of 810 patients in 21 centers, MEP was evaluated and compared to the application of the EXACT-Pro questionnaire under real world conditions. The population of COPD patients included in this study is a typical COPD population demographically and clinically. Defining a MEP score of one or more as a positive test result, we found a sensitivity of 91% and a specificity of 66%. Additionally, MEP results correlated clearly with EXACT-Pro results. This qualifies the MEP questionnaire as a valid tool for the detection of ECOPD and longitudinal characterization of COPD patients.

Indexed as

Pulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveDisease ProgressionHumansProbabilityProspective StudiesSurveys and Questionnaires

Identifiers

PMID36257306
PMCPMC9578762
OpenAlexW4306719904

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