Table 3.
Differences in adherence to asthma controller medications between measures of structural and functional support
| Variable | All participants (n=338) |
Structural support | Functional support | ||||
| Socially connected (n=266) |
Socially isolated (n=72) |
P value | Infrequent support (n=189) |
Frequent support (n=149) |
P value | ||
| Adherence via dose counts, n (%) | 0.21 | 0.002 | |||||
| Good adherence | 97 (36.3) | 81 (38.2) | 16 (29.1) | 84 (46.2) | 41 (28.9) | ||
| Poor adherence | 170 (63.7) | 131 (61.8) | 39 (70.9) | 98 (53.9) | 101 (71.1) | ||
| Adherence via self-report, n (%) | 0.17 | 0.007 | |||||
| Good adherence | 125 (38.6) | 103 (40.6) | 22 (31.4) | 65 (43.3) | 32 (27.4) | ||
| Poor adherence | 199 (61.4) | 151 (59.5) | 48 (68.6) | 85 (56.7) | 85 (72.7) | ||