Impact of patient characteristics, education and knowledge on emergency room visits in patients with asthma and COPD: a descriptive and correlative study

Table 3 Patient education and knowledge.

	No further emergency room visit n = 66	At least one emergency room visit n = 70	HRR
*Patient education*
Information about medications	83	85	1.37 (0.67-2.80)
Information about medications by physician	59	70	1.69 (0.97-2.95)
Information about medications by nurse	19	19	1.06 (0.56-2.00)
Information about what can cause an exacerbation	65	50	0.75 (0.46-1.24)
Information about what happens in your body during an exacerbation	47	43	1.28 (0.74-2.21)
Information on how to act when getting an exacerbation	64	63	1.21 (0.73-2.00)
Written plan	12	17	1.47 (0.78-2.76)
*Patient knowledge*
Good knowledge about what can cause an exacerbation	21	13	0.87 (0.41-1.83)
Good knowledge about what happens in your body during an exacerbation	15	13	1.34 (0.63-2.78)
Good knowledge about what to do when getting an exacerbation	48	43	1.48 (0.71-3.08)
*Need for more knowledge*
Wants to learn more in general	70	80	1.09 (0.68-1.74)
Wants a written plan	26	23	1.27 (0.66-2.44)

Patient education and knowledge in the groups with no further emergency room visits versus at least one emergency room visit during the following year, numbers in percent and HRR. Adjusted for sex, diagnose, age/10 years, and educational level (>10 years).

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