Table 2 Demographics and clinical characteristics about bronchial asthma (N=450)
Characteristics | Levels | N (%) ╦ |
|---|---|---|
Age, (Mean ± SD) | 42.3 ± 16.7 | |
Duration of illness in weeks, (Mean ± SD) | 155.90 ± 127.13 | |
Duration of illness, n(%) | > 1 Year | 429 (95.97) |
Gender, n(%) | Female | 274 (60.9) |
Marital status | Married | 371 (83.6) |
Improper use of asthma inhaler devices | 203 (45.0) | |
Education level | High school or less | 387 (86.0) |
University | 62 (13.8) | |
Missing | 1(0.2) | |
Follow-up consistently with doctor | 270 (60.0) | |
Follow-up clinic | PHC/FM | 208(46.2) |
Pulmonary | 46(10.2) | |
Internal Medicine | 8(1.8) | |
Others | 8(1.8) | |
No follow-up | 180(40) | |
No education about asthma | 232(51.6) | |
No education about medication | 183(40.7) | |
ER visits | ≥3 | 165(36.7) |
Asthma control | Uncontrolled | 105(23.3) |
Partially controlled | 335(74.4) | |
Complete control | 8(1.8) | |
Missing | 2(0.5) | |
Received health education about asthma disease from a physician | 200 (44.5) | |
Received health education about asthma disease from a health educator | 35(7.8) | |
Received health education about asthma disease from a pharmacist | 21(4.7) | |
Knew about asthma disease independently | 27(6.0) | |
Device | MDI | 361(80.2) |
Turbuhaler | 43 (9.6) | |
Diskus | 38 (8.4) | |
MDI with spacer | 3 (0.7) | |
Missing | 5 (1.1) |