Table 1 Patient demographics and characteristics
From: Attitudes and actions of asthma patients on regular maintenance therapy: the INSPIRE study
Characteristic | Patients (n = 3415) |
|---|---|
Male, % | 35 |
Mean age ± SD, years | 45.2 ± 16.7 |
Recruitment of patients*, n (%) | |
PCP | 2600 (76) |
Specialist | 785 (23) |
Mean asthma duration, years | 16.0 |
Current smokers, n (%) | 714 (21) |
Daily maintenance therapy prescribed, n (%)† | |
ICS no LABA | 1018 (30) |
ICS plus LABA | 2393 (70) |
Budesonide/formoterol | 769 (23) |
Salmeterol/fluticasone | 1305 (38) |
Self-assessed overall health when feeling well, n (%) | |
Very good | 1627 (48) |
Good | 1221 (36) |
Average | 431 (13) |
Bad | 87 (3) |
Very bad | 49 (1) |
Self-assessed asthma level over previous 7 days versus general level‡, n (%) | |
Relatively good | 2498 (73) |
Relatively bad | 871 (26) |