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Table 4 OCS and antimicrobial courses, emergency room visits, hospitalizations, exacerbations, total number of exacerbation events, and health care visits due to asthma per person years in active and inactive platform users before and during registration on the asthma platform

From: Impact of a digital web-based asthma platform, a real-life study

 

Before registration (per person-years)

 

During follow-up (per person-years)

Inactive users

Mean (SE)

Active users

Mean (SE)

IRR (95% CI)

 

Inactive users

Mean (SE)

Active users

Mean (SE)

IRR (95% CI)

OCS courses

1.12 (0.25)

2.06 (0.18)

1.84 (1.14 to 2.96)

p = 0.012

 

0.58 (0.20)

1.61 (0.20)

2.80 (1.38 to 5.80)

p = 0.004

Antimicrobial courses

0.43 (0.13)

0.79 (0.14)

1.83 (0.92 to 3.65)

p = 0.081

 

0.20 (0.15)

0.69 (0.11)

3.40 (0.79 to 14.63)

p = 0.10

Emergency room visits

0.09 (0.05)

0.29 (0.08)

3.40 (1.04 to 11.12)

p = 0.043

 

0.09 (0.06)

0.16 (0.07)

1.83 (0.35 to 9.54)

p = 0.47

Hospitalizations

0.09 (0.05)

0.13 (0.05)

1.47 (0.39 to 5.49)

p = 0.57

 

0.03 (0.03)

0.07 (0.05)

2.56 (0.26 to 25.72)

p = 0.42

Exacerbations

1.18 (0.26)

2.08 (0.17)

1.76 (1.11 to 2.79)

p = 0.016

 

0.58 (0.17)

1.67 (0.19)

2.89 (1.56 to 5.38)

p < 0.001

Total number of exacerbation events (sum of OCS and antimicrobial courses, hospitalizations, and emergency room visits)

1.72 (0.36)

3.28 (0.33)

1.90 (1.21 to 3.00)

p = 0.006

 

0.89 (0.37)

2.56 (0.32)

2.86 (1.24 to 6.62)

p = 0.014

Health care visits

2.47 (0.24)

2.82 (0.17)

1.14 (0.92 to 1.43)

p = 0.24

 

2.63 (0.21)

2.38 (0.13)

1.01 (0.82 to 1.23)

p = 0.96

  1. IRR = incidence rate ratio. CI = Confidence interval SE = standard error. OCS = oral corticosteroid