Table 5.

Inhalers misuse by patients’ characteristics

	CUR	P-value	CER	P-value	ABL	P-value
Male gender	0.8116		0.1618		0.7454
Female gender	0.6899	0.001	0.3284	0.001	0.5616	0.001
Education level <4 years	0.7171		0.2591		0.5991
Education level ≥4 years	0.8117	0.003	0.1753	0.026	0.7470	0.004
Graffar 4+5	0.7264		0.2472		0.6269
Graffar 1+2+3	0.8654	0.001	0.1308	0.001	0.8180	0.001

Note: Data shown as mean score.

Abbreviations: CUR, correct use rate of inhalers; CER, critical errors rate; ABL, patients’ ability to use inhalers; Graffar, Graffar social classification.