Table 1.
Baseline sociodemographic and health characteristics. N=222
| Subjective Data | |
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| Sociodemographic Characteristics | N (Valid %) or mean (SD) |
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| Child Age (y), Mean (SD) | 6.4 (2.7) |
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| Male Gender | 142 (64.0) |
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| Race African American | 207 (93.3) |
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| Health Insurance Type | |
| Medicaid Insured | 210 (94.6) |
| Private | 11 ( 5.0) |
| No insurance | 1 ( 0.4) |
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| Caregiver age (Y), Mean (SD) (range 18–62 years) | 31.3 (7.5) |
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| Caregiver’s Highest Education Level (N=219) | |
| < High School | 42 (19.2) |
| HS grad or GED | 88 (40.2) |
| Some College + | 89 (40.7) |
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| Caregiver marital status | |
| Single | 164 (73.9) |
| Married | 33 (14.9) |
| Divorced/Widow/other | 25 (11.2) |
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| Caregiver employed (Yes) | 122 (55.0) |
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| Household Income | |
| < $10,000 | 60 (27.0) |
| $10,000–$29,000 | 75 (33.8) |
| $30,000 + | 56 (25.2) |
| Refused/missing | 31 (14.0) |
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| Pest Exposure in home (Yes) | |
| Mice (n=219) | 104 (47.3) |
| Cockroach (n=218) | 68(31.5) |
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| Health Characteristics of Child | |
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| Daytime Symptoms Past 2 weeks, Mean (SD) | 5.9 (2.4) a |
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| Night time symptoms Past 4 weeks, Mean (SD) | 7.0 (2.6) a |
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| ED visits for asthma past 3 months, Mean (SD) | 1.3 (1.1) a |
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| PCP Visits past 3 months | |
| 0 visits | 112 (50.9) |
| 1–2 visits | 97 (44.1) |
| 3 or more visits | 11 ( 5.0) |
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| Specialty Care in past 2 years (YES) | 44 (19.8) |
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| Prior Allergy Testing | |
| YES | 62 (27.9) |
| NO | 154 (69.4) |
| Don’t know or missing | 6 ( 2.7) |
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| ICU Admission for asthma over lifetime (YES) | 62( 27.9) |
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| Nasal Allergy (YES) | 90 (40.5) |
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| Food Allergy (YES) | 60 (27.3) |
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| Eczema (YES) | 128 (57.7) |
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| Asthma well controlled (caregiver report) | 125 (56.4) |
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| Medication Attitudes and Beliefs | |
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| Family Share asthma medication with child (YES) | 40 (18.0) |
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| Worried about side effects of asthma medication (YES) | 79 (35.6) |
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| Objective Data | |
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| Pharmacy Fills Past 12 Months | |
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| HEDIS AMR, Mean (SD) (N=197 w/asthma Rx fills) | 0.45 (0.27) |
| < 0.50 | 94(47.7) |
| 0.51–0.69 | 75(38.1) |
| >= 0.70 | 28(14.2) |
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| Oral Corticosteroid fills, Mean (SD) | 1.5 (1.2) a |
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| Inhaled Corticosteroid (ICS) fills, Mean (SD) | 3.8 (1.9) a |
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| Short Acting Beta Agonist (SABA) fills, Mean (SD) | 3.1 (1.7) a |
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| Cotinine Results | |
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| Cotinine ≥ 1 (Positive SHS exposure) | 121 (54.5) |
| Mean (SD) Baseline cotinine | 2.9 (4.5) |
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| Allergen specific IgE tests | |
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| Atopic (1 or more positive serum specific IgE test) (YES) | 166 (74.8) |
| Mean (SD) positive serum specific IgE tests | 4.48 (3.4) |
a
Due to high skew of distribution and count nature of data, estimates produced from Poisson regression.