The Influence of Social Support in PROMs of Patients with COPD in Primary Care: A Scoping Review

Antonia Aravantinou Karlatou is a social worker. She graduated from the Technological Educational Institute of Crete as a social worker in 2012. She holds two master’s degrees—one in Special Education from the University of Nicosia and the other in Management of Aging and Chronic Diseases from the Hellenic Open University. Moreover, since November 2023, she has been a PhD student in the School of Medicine, University of Crete. Finally, she works as a social worker in the Department of Social Services, University General Hospital of Heraklion.

Dr. Izolde Bouloukaki is a clinical researcher in the Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece, under the supervision of Professor I. Tsiligianni. She previously (until March 2023) served as a consultant in family medicine in the Greek NHS since 2012. She also, since 2003, has served as an attending physician in the Sleep Disorders Center at the Department of Thoracic Medicine in the University of Crete at Heraklion, Crete, Greece, under the supervision of Professor S. Schiza. Dr. Bouloukaki received her medical degree in 2002 from the University of Crete. Her primary specialty is family medicine, the program for which she completed in 2012. She earned a PhD degree in respiratory medicine (smoking cessation) in 2010 from the University of Crete. She specialized in sleep medicine, receiving a certification a a Somnologist Expert in Sleep Medicine from the ESRS in 2014. Her primary scientific interests include epidemiology in primary care, pathophysiology, cardiovascular and metabolic consequences of sleep breathing disorders, IPF, COPD, asthma, and smoking cessation. She has 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals, chapters in books, and numerous invited lectures and abstracts in national and international congresses.

Antonios Christodoulakis is a registered nurse. He graduated from the Technological Educational Institute of Crete as a nurse (2010–2014). He holds a master’s degree in public health/health care management granted by the School of Medicine, University of Crete (2015–2017). Moreover, he has a PhD from the same university (2019–2023). Furthermore, he has taught various clinical nursing courses, such as "Pathology Nursing I & II," "Surgical Nursing I & II," and "Community Nursing II" as an Academic Fellow in the Nursing Department of the Hellenic Mediterranean University, (2019–2020, 2020–2021, and 2022–today). Furthermore, he has participated in various research projects such as "Pifotal," "COCARE," and "FRESHAIR4 Life (Horizon Europe)" in the School of Medicine, the University of Crete (2022–today), under the supervision of Professor I. Tsiligianni. He has seven publications in peer-reviewed journals and numerous lectures and abstracts in national and international congresses. His primary scientific interests include healthcare education, epidemiology in primary care, COPD, asthma, vaccination, and adherence to medication. Finally, he holds a Proficiency Certificate in the English language from the University of Michigan (2008) and is a Certified Advanced Computer User, granted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2018). In addition, he has certified pedagogical competence through EPPAIK-ASPETE (2019–2020) and is a certified adult trainer through EOPPEP (2018).

Ioanna Tsiligianni is an Associate Professor of General Practice and Public Health at the Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete. She if the Director of the Clinic of Social and Family Medicine and of the Planning Health Unit, University of Crete. She is the Head of the COPD group in the International Primary Care Respiratory Group and also the past president of IPCRG. She holds a Master of Public Health and Health Care Management degree, as well as two PhDs—one in interstitial lung diseases from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece, and the other in health status and COPD from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Her research centers mainly on public health and primary care issues, with a special focus on primary care respiratory medicine, COPD, and asthma. In addition, she has research interests in health outcome assessment, the use of diagnostic tools in chronic diseases, disease prevalence and burden, risk factors, comorbidities, financial crisis, barriers to prevention strategies (e.g. smoking cessation implementation), diet, over-the-counter medicines, chronic disease management, rural and deprived populations, etc. She has 203 publications in peer-reviewed journals, IF;1457,20, h-index: 33.