Table 1 Socio-economic factors and asthma-related factors of trained and untrained asthma patientsa
From: Participation factors for asthma education programs - a cross sectional survey
Trained (n = 64) | Untrained (n = 65) | Total sample (n = 129) | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, years (0/0) | 55 ± 17 | 54 ± 21 | 55 ± 19 | 0.84 |
Gender: female (0/0) | 37 (58%) | 42 (65%) | 79 (61%) | 0.43 |
Participation in DMP (11/11) | < 0.001 | |||
Yes | 25 (47%) | 6 (11%) | 31 (29%) | |
No | 15 (28%) | 36 (67%) | 51 (48%) | |
Don’t know | 13 (25%) | 12 (22%) | 25 (23%) | |
Marital Status (2/3) | 0.08 | |||
Married/ with partner | 42 (68%) | 36 (58%) | 78 (61%) | |
Single | 17 (27%) | 15 (24%) | 32 (26%) | |
Widowed | 3 (5%) | 11 (18%) | 14 (11%) | |
School Diploma (2/5) | 0.90 | |||
Yes | 58 (94%) | 57 (95%) | 115 (94%) | |
No | 3 (5%) | 2 (3%) | 5 (4%) | |
No answer | 1 (2%) | 1 (2%) | 2 (2%) | |
Employment (3/3) | 0.50 | |||
Yes | 34 (56%) | 30 (48%) | 64 (52%) | |
No | 25 (41%) | 31 (50%) | 56 (46%) | |
No Answer | 2 (3%) | 1 (2%) | 3 (2%) | |
Type of asthma (4/4) | 0.31 | |||
Allergic | 23 (38%) | 22 (36%) | 45 (37%) | |
Non-allergic | 17 (28%) | 12 (20%) | 29 (24%) | |
I don’t know | 14 (23%) | 22 (36%) | 36 (30%) | |
Other | 4 (7%) | 5 (8%) | 9 (7%) | |
Allergic and non-allergic | 2 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (2%) | |
Form of asthma (4/3) | 0.053 | |||
Mild | 37 (62%) | 39 (63%) | 76 (62%) | |
Moderate | 14 (23%) | 21 (34%) | 35 (29%) | |
Severe | 9 (15%) | 2 (3%) | 11 (9%) | |
Smoking (4/2) | 0.03 | |||
Yes | 1 (2%) | 11 (18%) | 12 (10%) | |
Asthma medication (3/1) | 0.04 | |||
Yes | 57 (93%) | 52 (81%) | 109 (87%) | |
Not specified | 6 (10%) | 4 (6%) | 10 (8%) | |
Inhaled corticosteroids | 34 (56%) | 27 (42%) | 61 (49%) | |
bronchodilator | 5 (8%) | 7 (11%) | 12 (10%) | |
Inhaled corticosteroids plus bronchodilator | 10 (16%) | 10 (16%) | 20 (16%) | |
I don’t know | 1 (2%) | 3 (5%) | 4 (3%) | |
Corticosteroid plus anticholinergics | 0 (0%) | 1 (2%) | 1 (1%) | |
corticosteroids plus monoclonal antibodies | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | |
Asthma-action-plan (6/6) | 0.001 | |||
No | 40 (69%) | 55 (93%) | 95 (81%) | |
Yes | 13 (22%) | 1 (2%) | 14 (12%) | |
I don’t know | 5 (7%) | 3 (5%) | 8 (7%) | |
Other diseases than asthma (9/5) | 0.23 | |||
None | 15 (27%) | 21 (35%) | 36 (31%) | |
One chronic condition | 14 (26%) | 20 (33%) | 34 (30%) | |
2 or more chronic conditions | 26 (47%) | 18 (30%) | 44 (38%) | |
Not sure | 0 (0%) | 1 (2%) | 1 (1%) | |
I inform myself about asthma (more than one answer was possible) | ||||
GP: Yes, (3/2) | 18 (30%) | 25 (40%) | 43 (35%) | 0.16 |
Pulmonary Specialist: Yes (3/3) | 56 (92%) | 42 (68%) | 98 (80%) | 0.001 |
Friends and Family: Yes (3/2) | 10 (16%) | 7 (11%) | 17 (14%) | 0.28 |
Internet | 21 (34%) | 19 (30%) | 40 (32%) | 0.38 |
I was satisfied with my asthma education: Yes | 53 (90%) | n.a. | n.a. | |
Year of asthma education | 2010 ± 9 | n.a. | n.a. | |
I would like to attend asthma education in the future | ||||
Yes | n.a. | 10 (16%) | n.a. | |
No | n.a. | 17 (27%) | n.a. | |
I don’t know | n.a. | 37 (58%) | n.a. | |