Table 4.
Patients’ perceptions of asthma by GINA-defined control levels7 and indicators of acute exacerbations
| Overall (N=2,467) | GINA-defined asthma control
|
Indicators of acute exacerbations
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Controlled (n=440) | Partially controlled (n=802) | Uncontrolled (n=1,225) | Oral corticosteriods (n=1,803) | Emergency department visits (n=947) | Hospitalizations (n=817) | ||
| Perception of asthma control,* n (%) | |||||||
| Not controlled | 269 (10.9) | 7 (1.6) | 36 (4.5) | 226 (18.4) | 233 (12.9) | 156 (16.5) | 143 (17.5) |
| Controlled | 2,198 (89.1) | 433 (98.4) | 766 (95.5) | 999 (81.6) | 1,570 (87.1) | 791 (83.5) | 674 (82.5) |
| Perception of asthma seriousness,† n (%) | |||||||
| Not serious | 2,011 (81.5) | 421 (95.7) | 731 (91.1) | 859 (70.1) | 1,405 (77.9) | 665 (70.2) | 546 (66.8) |
| Serious | 456 (18.5) | 19 (4.3) | 71 (8.9) | 366 (29.9) | 398 (22.1) | 282 (29.8) | 271 (33.2) |
| Concern about asthma,‡ n (%) | |||||||
| Not concerned | 1,342 (54.4) | 345 (78.4) | 491 (61.2) | 506 (41.3) | 890 (49.4) | 376 (39.7) | 300 (36.7) |
| Concerned | 1,125 (45.6) | 95 (21.6) | 311 (38.8) | 719 (58.7) | 913 (50.6) | 571 (60.3) | 517 (63.3) |
Notes:
*
Supplementary material: Q24a. Would you consider your asthma to be well controlled? Controlled = yes; not controlled = no;
†
supplementary material: Q13. How serious do you consider your asthma to be at the moment? Serious = very serious, fairly serious; not serious = not very serious, not at all serious;
‡
supplementary material: Q15. To what extent are you concerned about your asthma? Concerned = very concerned, fairly concerned; not concerned = not at all concerned.
Abbreviation: GINA, Global Initiative for Asthma.