Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of children who were ‘completely confident’ or ‘not completely confident’ that they were using their asthma inhalers correctly (n=91)

	Completely confident (N=68)	Not completely confident (N=23)	p-value
Child characteristics
Age, years, mean (SD)	11.1 (2.6)	10.2 (3.1)	0.28
(range)	(0-17)	(0-17)
Gender, n (%)
Male	37 (54%)	12 (52%)	0.85
Female	31 (46%)	11 (48%)
Race, n (%)
Non-Hispanic White	29 (43%)	8 (35%)	0.48
Non-Hispanic Black	16 (23%)	4 (17%)
Other	23 (34%)	11 (48%)
Asthma severity, n (%)
Mild persistent	34 (51%)	12 (52%)	0.96
Moderate/severe persistent	32 (49%)	11 (48%)
Years living with asthma, mean (SD)	3.5 (3.7)	3.9 (2.8)	0.15
(range)	(0-17)	(0-17)
Taking a control MDI medication, n (%)	43 (63%)	19 (83%)	0.09

Note: MDI= metered dose inhaler