Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of patients’ homes, exposures to and perceptions of information technology in 301 adults with moderate to severe asthma, assigned randomly 1:1 to PT + HV or PT, expressed as frequency (percent) for discrete and mean (±SD) for continuous variables.
| Characteristic | PT N=150 |
PT + HV N=151 |
Total N=301 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home | |||
| Type of Housing | |||
| Single family detached home | 6 (4.0%) | 3 (2.0%) | 9 (3.0%) |
| Row house | 104 (69.3%) | 103 (68.2%) | 207 (68.8%) |
| Apartment | 34 (22.7%) | 41 (27.2%) | 75 (24.9%) |
| Shelter | 1 (0.7%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.3%) |
| Other | 5 (3.3%) | 4 (2.6%) | 9 (3.0%) |
| Housing Status | |||
| Rent | 96 (64.0%) | 101 (66.9%) | 197 (65.4%) |
| Own | 46 (30.7%) | 45 (29.8%) | 91 (30.2%) |
| Other | 8 (5.3%) | 5 (3.3%) | 13 (4.3%) |
| Number of occupants | 3.1 ± 2.1 | 3.0 ± 2.8 | 3.1 ± 2.4 |
| minimum, maximum | 0, 11 | 1, 29 | 0, 29 |
| Number of bedrooms | 2.5 ± 0.9 | 2.7 ± 1.1 | 2.6 ± 1.0 |
| minimum, maximum | 1, 5 | 1, 9 | 1, 9 |
| Without housing in last 6 months | 14 (9%) | 7 (5%) | 21 (7%) |
| Without utilities in last 6 months | 29 (19%) | 20 (13%) | 49 (16%) |
| Information technology | |||
| Own a computer at home | 76 (50.7%) | 82 (54.3%) | 158 (52.5%) |
| Access to computer outside of home | 85 (56.7%) | 84 (56.0%) | 169 (56.1%) |
| Use a computer for internet | 94 (62.7%) | 92 (60.9%) | 186 (61.8%) |
| Active Email account | 103 (68.7%) | 102 (67.5%) | 205 (68.1%) |
| Smart phone | 104 (69.3%) | 101 (66.9%) | 205 (68.1%) |
| Heard of patient portal | 70 (46.7%) | 66 (43.7%) | 136 (45.2%) |