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 | Â | 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 | Â | 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 | Â | 232(51.6) |
No education about medication | Â | 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 | Â | 200 (44.5) |
Received health education about asthma disease from a health educator | Â | 35(7.8) |
Received health education about asthma disease from a pharmacist | Â | 21(4.7) |
Knew about asthma disease independently | Â | 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) |