Table 1.
Demographics and disease characteristics.
| Characteristic | Proportion of participants, % (n = 1202) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 49 |
| Female | 51 |
| Age range | |
| 18–30 years | 35 |
| 31–44 years | 37 |
| 45–55 years | 27 |
| Place of residence | |
| Large town or city | 53 |
| Small town or suburbs | 31 |
| Village/hamlet | 16 |
| Working status | |
| Employed full time | 55 |
| Not currently working | 25 |
| Employed part-time | 10 |
| Self-employed | 10 |
| Do not currently smoke | 72 |
| Age at diagnosis | |
| ≤25 years of age | 68 |
| 26–40 years | 24 |
| >40 years of age | 8 |
| Duration with asthma | |
| ≤5 years | 25 |
| 6–20 years | 45 |
| >20 years | 31 |
| Asthma control: self-reported | |
| Daytime symptoms in the last 7 d | 85 |
| Night-time symptoms in the last 7 d | 79 |
| Experienced a worsening of symptoms at least once a week | 53 |
| Uncontrolled asthma (ACT score <20 points) | 76 |
| Partly controlled or uncontrolled asthma (GINA guidelines)a | 92 |
aProxy measure for GINA definition: daytime symptoms experienced more than twice a week, night-time symptoms, had to limit activities in the last four weeks, had to use rescue medication more than once a week.