Integrated Care Pathway Programme
Contact Information
Jurong Medical Centre
60 Jurong West Central 3
Singapore 648346
www.jmc.com.sg
For general enquiries, call
Tel: (65) 6551 7888 or Fax: (65) 6551 7999
For appointments, call
Tel: (65) 6551 7828
Getting to Jurong Medical Centre (JMC)
Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease
(COPD)
By MRT
Alight at Boon Lay (EW27)
By Bus
Alight at Boon Lay Bus Interchange
SBS 30, 79, 154, 157, 174, 174e, 179, 179A, 181, 182, 182M, 192,
193, 194, 198, 199, 240, 241, 242, 243W/G, 246, 249, 251, 252,
254, 255, 257, 405
SMRT 178, 180, 187
By Car
Limited parking available in JMC. More parking available at Blk 686 multi
storey carpark along Jurong West Central 1 (opposite JMC)
Disclaimer:
The information in this leaflet is meant for educational purposes and should not be used as substitute for
medical diagnosis or treatment. Please seek your doctor’s advice before starting any treatment or if you have
any questions related to your health, physical fitness or medical condition.
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What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)?
QUESTIONNAIRE FOR SMOKERS OR EX-SMOKERS
For smokers or ex-smokers, if you score (5) and above in total, you may wish to go
for the lung function and smokerlyser test.
COPD refers to “Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease”1 where
Chronic means it won’t go away.
Obstructive means partly blocked.
Pulmonary relates to the lungs.
Disease means sickness.
HEALTHY
COPD
Adults may have COPD if they have trouble breathing or a cough that will not go
away.
Airways carry air to the lungs. Airways get smaller and smaller like branches of a tree.
At the end of each tiny branch there are many small air sacs–like tiny balloons.
In healthy people, each airway is clear and open. Each tiny air sac fills up with air
and the air then quickly goes out. In COPD patients, the openings of the airways are
smaller. Less air enters because:
• the walls of the airways get thick and swollen.
• the airways are squeezed by small muscles around them.
• the airways produce mucus that you cough up.
The tiny air sacs cannot empty and your lungs feel very full.
What Causes COPD?
Approximately 8 out of every 100 people in Singapore have COPD2. Smoking is by
far the main cause of COPD, but it is not the only cause. For a very small minority of
people, the primary cause is a genetic predisposition or exposure to environmental
pollutants.
Our healthcare professionals in the COPD programme can help you understand the
problems you have with your lungs.
For more information or to register for this programme, contact us at:
Tel: 1800-JHS-COPD / 1800-547-2673 or Email: [email protected]
Monday – Friday: 8.30am – 5.30pm
Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease. Patient Handbook. 2011.
T.P Ng et al. Respiratory Medicine (2009) 103, 895-901
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1
During the past 4 weeks, how often did you feel shortness of breath?
Points
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None
A little
Sometimes
Most of the time
All of the time
2
Have you ever coughed up any mucus or phlegm?
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No, never
Only with occasional colds or chest infections
Yes, a few days a month
Yes, a few days a week
Yes, everyday
3
Please select the answer that best describes you in the past 12
months. I am less active than I used to be because of my breathing
problems. 
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Strongly disagree
Disagree
Unsure
Agree
Strongly agree
4
Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?
 No
 Yes
 Don't know
5
How old are you?
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35 - 39
40 - 49
50 - 59
60 - 69
Above 70
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
2
0
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
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