Assessment of level of asthma control and related factors in children attending pediatric respiratory clinics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 4 Binary multivariable regression for predictors of uncontrolled pediatric asthma in three hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 2020 (N = 105)

Variable	Response categories	Level of Asthma control		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	p-value
Variable	Response categories	Controlled	Uncontrolled	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	p-value
Presence comorbidities	No comorbidity	46 (75%)	15 (25%)	1.000	1.000
	Allergic Rhinitis	9 (90%)	1 (10%)	0.34 (0.04–3)	0.494 (0.042–5.9)	0.578
	Atopic dermatitis	10 (59%)	7 (41%)	2.1 (0.69–6.6)	2.597 (0.576–11.7)	0.214
	Both	7 (41%)	10 (59%)	4.4 (1.4–13.5)	4.56 (1.1–18.7)	0.035
Controller adherence	Yes	54 (79.4%)	14 (20.6%)	1.000	1.000
Controller adherence	No	18 (48.6%)	19 (51.4%)	0.25 (0.1–0.59)	3.23 (1.2–10.2)	0.045
Appropriate Inhaler technique	Yes	35 (95%)	2 (5%)	1.000	1.000
Appropriate Inhaler technique	No	21 (47%)	24 (53%)	5.2 (2.13–12.80)	3.48 (1.18–10.3)	0.024
Place of care	SPHMMC	33 (79%)	9 (21%)	1.000	1.000
	TASH	28 (78%)	11 (28%)	1.4 (0.5–3.9)	1.37 (0.37–5.0)	0.636
	Yekatit 12	11 (46%)	13 (54%)	4.3 (1.5–12.9)	4.72 (1.13–19.8)	0.034

Note that only comorbidities, inhalation technique, adherence and place of care are associated with asthma control
Other covariates including age, sex, family size, care givers level of education and occupation were included in the model but were not related to level of asthma control

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