Publications by authors named "Marta Miszczuk"
Introduction: The COPD Assessment Test (CAT) is a standardized patient-completed tool dedicated to assessment of symptom severity. While the Polish CAT version has been used for a few years, it has not been validated so far.
Objectives: The aim of the study was to validate the Polish‑language version of the CAT questionnaire by assessing its reproducibility and reliability.
Background: A significant percentage of patients with asthma and COPD do not use their inhalers properly. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a single session of inhalation technique training on the frequency of inhalation errors and the course of asthma and COPD.
Methods: This randomized controlled trial included adults who had been diagnosed with and treated for asthma or COPD with at least one inhaler use daily on a regular basis.
Background: Pharmacological treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is based mainly on inhaled medications. There is a continuous need to examine and train patients in their inhalation technique. The objective of the presented study is to determine whether the errors which patients made during inhalations are repetitive, and therefore easier to eradicate, or rather accidental, hence require more attention and effort from the health care professionals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study aimed to examine the distribution of predefined phenotypes, demographic data, clinical outcomes, and treatment of patients who were included in the Polish cohort of the Phenotypes of COPD in Central and Eastern Europe (POPE) study.
Patients And Methods: This was a sub-analysis of the data from the Polish cohort of the POPE study, an international, multicenter, observational cross-sectional survey of COPD patients in Central and Eastern European countries. The study included patients aged >40 years, with a confirmed diagnosis of COPD, and absence of exacerbation for at least 4 weeks before study inclusion.