Table 1 Patient demographics and clinical asthma characteristics (N = 450)
From: Factors associated with patient visits to the emergency department for asthma therapy
Variable | Levels | |
|---|---|---|
Age, (Mean ± SD) | 42.3 ± 16.7 | |
Duration of illness in weeks (Mean ± SD) | 155.90 ± 127.13) | |
Gender | % Female | 60.9 |
Education level | No school | 44.0 |
High school or less | 42.0 | |
University | 13.8 | |
Missing | 0.2 | |
Employment Status | Employee | 31.8 |
Student | 6.9 | |
Housewife | 52.0 | |
Non-employee | 4.7 | |
Other | 4.4 | |
Missing | 0.2 | |
Follow up consistently with doctor | 60.0 | |
Follow-up clinic | PHC/Family Medicine | 46.2 |
Pulmonary | 10.2 | |
Internal Medicine | 1.8 | |
Other | 1.8 | |
No follow-up | 40.0 | |
No education about asthma | 51.6 | |
No education about medication (devices) | 40.7 | |
ED visits | <3 | 61.3 |
≥3 | 36.7 | |
Missing | 2.0 | |
Asthma control | Uncontrolled | 23.3 |
Partially controlled | 74.4 | |
Completely control | 1.8 | |
Missing | 0.5 | |