Table 2.
Asthma Characteristics of Project CURA Participants
| Elementary School Cohort | High School Cohort | Combined Cohort | |
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| N=51 | N=50 | N=101 | |
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| 12 month severity score | |||
| Low | 8 (16%) | 7 (14%) | 15 (15%) |
| Mild | 15 (29%) | 12 (24%) | 27 (27%) |
| Moderate | 18 (35%) | 25 (50%) | 43 (43%) |
| Severe | 10 (20%) | 6 (12%) | 16 (16%) |
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| Controlled over past 4 weeks | 11 (22%) | 20 (40%) | 31 (31%) |
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| Over past 12 months, median (range) | |||
| Hospitalizations | 1 (0,3) | 0 (0,0) | 0 (0,1) |
| Emergency department visits | 0 (0,0) | 0 (0,0) | 0 (0,0) |
| Prednisone use | 1 (0,3) | 0 (0,1) | 0 (0,2) |
| Days of missed school | 4 (1,10) | 3 (0,11) | 4 (0,10) |
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| Has controller med 1 | |||
| Yes | 23 (45%) | 6 (12%) | 29 (29%) |
| No | 28 (55%) | 44 (88%) | 72 (71%) |
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| Has reliever medicine (albuterol) | 40 (78%) | 41 (82%) | 81 (80%) |
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| Has spacer 2 | 14 (54%) | 3 (16%) | 17 (38%) |
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| Inhaler Technique: % of steps correct, median (25%,75%) 3 | |||
| Inhaler | 50 (50,75) | 63 (50,75) | 63 (50,75) |
| Inhaler with holding chamber | 75 (69,75) | 63 (38,88) | 75 (63,75) |
| Inhaler with holding chamber/mask | 83 (83,100) | - | 83 (83,100) |
| Dry powder inhaler | 92 (83,100) | 33 | 83 (33,100) |
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| Adherence, average doses per day 4 | |||
| Doser, median (25%,75%) | 0.9 (0.2,1.5) | 0.4 (0.4,1.0) | 0.9 (0.3,1.5) |
| Counter only, median (25%,75%) | 1.3 (0.7,1.7) | 1.1 | 1.2 (0.9,1.5) |
| Combined, median (25%,75%) | 1.0 (0.6,1,5) | 0.7 (0.4,1.1) | 1.0 (0.4,1.5) |
Controller meds: combined fluticasone propionate/salmeterol discus 100/50mcg and 250/50mcg, combined fluticasone propionate/salmeterol HFA 115/21mcg and 230/21mcg, fluticasone propionate 44mcg and 110mcg, beclomethasone 80mcg and combined budesonide/formoterol 80/4.5 mcg
Elementary school: N=26, High school: N=19
For Inhaler - Elementary school: N=33, High school: N=43. For inhaler with holding chamber - Elementary school: N=8, High school: N=2. For inhaler with holding chamber/mask - Elementary school: N=5. For dry powder inhaler - Elementary school: N=2, High school: N=1.
A Doser is a medication monitoring device. Missing adherence data on 2 in Elementary school cohort due to error. For Doser - Elementary school: N=18, High school: N=5. For Counter only - Elementary school: N=3, High school: N=1.