Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study sample
| Men | Women | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 85) | (n = 264) | (n = 352) | p-value | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 53.7 (17.4) | 58.7 (16.6) | 57.5 (16.9) | 0.017 |
| Education, % | 0.006 | |||
| Basic | 3.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 | |
| Secondary | 23.3 | 27.1 | 26.1 | |
| Professional | 47.7 | 28.9 | 33.5 | |
| Higher | 25.6 | 36.5 | 33.8 | |
| Income, % | 0.005 | |||
| <300 €/month | 16.7 | 25.3 | 23.2 | |
| 300–550 €/month | 36.9 | 48.2 | 45.5 | |
| 550–750 €/month | 28.6 | 18.3 | 20.8 | |
| >750 €/month | 17.9 | 8.2 | 10.6 | |
| Asthma medication, % | ||||
| Corticosteroids | 62.8 | 63.4 | 63.3 | 1.00 |
| Corticosteriods + beta 2 mimetic | 33.7 | 33.2 | 33.3 | 1.00 |
| Poor asthma control, % | 62,8 | 66 | 65,3 | 0.604 |
| Poor treatment adherence, % | ||||
| Morisky scale | 72.1 | 69.4 | 70.1 | 0.686 |
| MARS (5-item) scale | 58.1 | 68.7 | 66.1 | 0.089 |
| MARS (10-item) scale | 75.6 | 69 | 70.6 | 0.278 |