Table 2.

Factors driving the preference for track 2 among Italian HCPs

Factors	Pulmonologist (%)	Allergist (%)	GP (%)
Failure of track 1	34.1	31.9	38.0
Use of medication in a single administration	28.2*	39.8*/**	14.5
Patients with mild symptoms	20.8*	21.2*	13.3
Higher compliance	20.5	24.8*	15.5
Patients with severe symptoms	13.4	12.4	24.7**/***
Greater efficacy in exacerbation control	13.4	11.5	23.6**/***
Greater symptom efficacy	13.1	11.5	20.4**/***
Greater anti-inflammatory action	12.5	13.3	18.0**
Recommended by guidelines	12.2	13.3	17.1**
Greater efficacy in airway impairment	9.8	8.0	15.5**

^*Statistically significant compared with GPs (p < 0.05)

^**Statistically significant compared with pulmonologists (p < 0.05)

^***Statistically significant compared with allergists (p < 0.05)