Table 3.

COVID-19 risk factors and health promotion attitudes.

	Addison’s disease (n = 82)	Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (n = 80)	P-value
Smoking habit, n (%)
Non-smoker	65 (79.3)	70 (87.5)	0.206
Former smoker	8 (9.8)	6 (7.5)	0.781
Current smoker	9 (11.0)	4 (5.0)	0.247
Currently working, n (% of currently working)	34 (41.5)	35 (43.8)	0.874
Key workers a	10 (29.4)	18 (51.4)	0.087
Able to work from home	17 (50.0)	16 (45.7)	0.811
Household arrangement, n (%)
Lives alone	14 (17.1)	9 (11.3)	0.369
Lives with another person	35 (42.7)	31 (38.8)	0.635
Lives with more than one person	33 (40.2)	33 (41.3)	>0.999
Has the NHS COVID-19 app, n (%)	33 (40.2)	41 (51.3)	0.207
Had/planning to have the COVID-19 vaccine, n (%)b	79 (96.3)	64 (80.0)	0.001
Had/planning to have the flu vaccine this year, n (%)b	62 (75.6)	41 (51.3)	0.002
Has the flu vaccine every year, n (%)b	60 (73.2)	42 (52.5)	0.009
Is aware of the sick day rules, n (%)b	82 (100)	75 (93.8)	0.028
Has a steroid emergency card, n (%)	75 (91.5)	70 (87.5)	0.452
Always carries the card	63 (84.0)	62 (88.6)	0.477
Carries the card just occasionally	10 (13.3)	5 (7.1)	0.280
Never carries the card	2 (2.7)	5 (7.1)	0.263
Has a steroid injection kit, n (%)	76 (92.7)	70 (87.5)	0.303
It is up to date	54 (71.1)	43 (61.4)	0.226
It is out of date	19 (25.0)	22 (31.3)	0.462
Does not know whether it is still in date	3 (3.9)	5 (7.1)	0.481
Has received training for self-injection, n (%)b	75 (91.5)	64 (80.0)	0.044
Family members have received injection training, n (%)	54 (65.9)	54 (67.5)	0.869
Is confident in self-injecting, n (%)	54 (65.9)	43 (53.8)	0.149
Has ever self-injected, n (%)	17 (20.7)	17 (21.3)	>0.999
Wears medical alert jewellery, n (%) b	53 (64.6)	29 (36.3)	0.001

^aOccupation groups: health and social care, education and childcare, food and other necessary goods; key public services; local and national government; utilities and communication; public safety and national security; transport; ^bsignificant figures.

NHS, National Health Service.