TY - JOUR T1 - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease surveillance: Potential usefulness of the Texas behavioral risk factor survey surveillance system JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 40 IS - Suppl 56 SP - P3967 AU - David Coultas AU - Bradford Jackson AU - Karan Singh AU - Sejong Bae Y1 - 2012/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P3967.abstract N2 - Background: Public health surveillance of COPD has traditionally focused on risk factors and measures of disease occurrence, but these measures are insufficient to monitor effectiveness of disease control strategies.Objectives: The purpose of this analysis was to evaluate the potential usefulness of a population-based telephone surveillance system for monitoring patient-reported outcomes among patients with COPD.Methods: The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a state-based system of telephone surveys. In 2009, the Texas BRFSS included a question about physician-diagnosed COPD and self-rated health status. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of self-reported COPD, fair/poor health status, and the influence of lifestyle factors, health care access, and co-morbid conditions. Adjusted prevalence ratios (PR) were calculated using multivariate logistic regression.Results: Adults with COPD reported significantly worse health status compared to adults without COPD (fair/poor: 49.1% vs. 13.7%, p<0.001). In multivariate analyses lifestyle and health care access factors significantly (p<0.05) associated with fair/poor health status included: current smoker (PR=2.9), former smoker (PR=2.0), physical inactivity (PR=3.0), having a personal doctor (PR=4.8), inability to see a doctor due to costs (PR=3.6), and pneumonia shot (PR=6.1). Co-morbid conditions significantly (p<0.05) associated with fair/poor health status were: obesity (PR=3.5), asthma (PR=1.7), cardiovascular disease (PR=3.2), and cancer (PR=1.7).Conclusion: These results suggest that the BRFSS may be useful at the population-level for surveillance of COPD. ER -