Self-Care Practices for Common Colds by Primary Care Patients: Study Protocol of a European Multicenter Survey-The COCO Study

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dc.authoridKoskela, Tuomas/0000-0002-1518-4944
dc.authoridHoffmann, Kathryn/0000-0001-8760-4250
dc.authoridPetrazzuoli, Ferdinando/0000-0003-1058-492X
dc.authoridPetek Ster, Marija/0000-0003-1736-2377
dc.authoridEdirne, Tamer/0000-0001-9683-5624
dc.authoridBuczkowski, Krzysztof/0000-0002-7700-0952
dc.authoridHoffman, Robert/0000-0002-3053-835X
dc.contributor.authorWeltermann, Birgitta M.
dc.contributor.authorGerasimovska-Kitanovska, Biljana
dc.contributor.authorThielmann, Anika
dc.contributor.authorChambe, Juliette
dc.contributor.authorLingner, Heidrun
dc.contributor.authorPirrotta, Enzo
dc.contributor.authorBuczkowski, Krzysztof
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:11:55Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:11:55Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractBackground. Self-care for common colds is frequent, yet little is known about the spectrum, regional differences, and potential risks of self-care practices in patients from various European regions. Methods/Design. We describe the study protocol for a cross-sectional survey in 27 primary care centers from 14 European countries. At all sites, 120 consecutive adult patients, who visit their general practitioner for any reason, filled in a self-administered 27-item questionnaire. This addresses patients' self-care practices for common colds. Separately, the subjective level of discomfort when having a common cold, knowing about the diseases' self-limited nature, and medical and sociodemographic data are requested. Additionally, physicians are surveyed on their use of and recommendations for self-care practices. We are interested in investigating which self-care practices for common colds are used, whether the number of self-care practices used is influenced by knowledge about the self-limited nature of the disease, and the subjective level of discomfort when having a cold and to identify potential adverse interactions with chronic physician-prescribed medications. Further factors that will be considered are, for example, demographic characteristics, chronic conditions, and sources of information for self-care practices. All descriptive and analytical statistics will be performed on the pooled dataset and stratified by country and site. Discussion. To our knowledge, COCO is the first European survey on the use of self-care practices for common colds. The study will provide new insight into patients' and general practitioners' self-care measures for common colds across Europe.
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean General Practice Research Network
dc.description.sponsorshipThe study received funding from the European General Practice Research Network. All authors were supported by their affiliated institutions. The authors wish to thank Melida Hasanagic for her help in developing the study idea and grant application. The authors also thank Anja Viehmann (Institute for General Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen) and Professor Dr. Karl-Heinz Jockel (Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen) for their statistical advice and Christine Kersting for her critical review of the paper. Special thanks go to the participating physicians, practices, and patients for their time and contributions.
dc.identifier.doi10.1155/2015/272189
dc.identifier.issn1741-427X
dc.identifier.issn1741-4288
dc.identifier.pmid26421048
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84941710837
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1155/2015/272189
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/20776
dc.identifier.volume2015
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000361232500001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherHindawi Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectAcute Respiratory Illness
dc.subjectCommunity
dc.subjectFamily
dc.titleSelf-Care Practices for Common Colds by Primary Care Patients: Study Protocol of a European Multicenter Survey-The COCO Study
dc.typeArticle

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