TY - JOUR T1 - Spirometric screening and survey of knowledge on COPD and smoking in Spanish political representatives: The ConSePOC study JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 38 IS - Suppl 55 SP - 1677 AU - Joan B. Soriano AU - Francisco García-Rio AU - Marc Miravitlles AU - Myriam Calle-Rubio AU - Albert Jovell AU - Esteve Fernandez AU - Jose Miguel Rodríguez Gonzalez-Moro AU - Mª Carmen Montero AU - Mª Angeles Planchuelo AU - Jordi Casafont AU - Juan Ruiz-Manzano AU - Julio Ancochea Y1 - 2011/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/Suppl_55/1677.abstract N2 - The Strategy on COPD of the National Health System in Spain identified as one priority to raise the disease profile within the political agenda. The ConSePOC study is surveying members of the Spanish Parliament (Congress and Senate) and a number of Autonomous regions, and it aims to determine knowledge and attitudes on COPD and smoking in political representatives. Participants respond to a brief survey and conduct pre- and post-BD spirometry, and co-oximetry. As of February 2011, ConSePOC was conducted in the Spanish Senate, the Assembly of Madrid, and the Parliament of Galicia. With slight variations in participation rate (up to 63%), and considering the different age and sex structure of each Parliament, the Spanish politicians surveyed (n=197) are to be considered heavy smokers, as at least two thirds are current or ex-smokers, they had a significant smoking exposure (mean of 40 pack-years in the Senate) and a mean of exhaled CO higher than 3 ppm. According to the GOLD screening questionnaire, between 22% and 35% of surveyed members were at risk of developing COPD, and in fact 8.6% (95% CI 3.8 to 16.2) of Senators had COPD (post-BD FEV1/FVC <0.70), of which only 50% were previously diagnosed. Finally, regarding our politicians' knowledge about COPD, smoking is not known to be the main cause of COPD by 40 to 54%; 49 to 61% do not know the meaning of the acronym COPD; and it is unknown that there is a National Strategy for COPD by 54 up to 70%. We conclude that, similar to the general population, the knowledge of this sample of Spanish political representatives on COPD and smoking is poor, and at least one of every 4 is at risk of developing COPD. ER -