Table 3.
Asthma self-management education among ever-employed respondents with current asthma, by work-related asthma status – 31 statesa and DC, 2012–2014.
| All ever employed adults with current asthma |
WRA | Possible WRA | Non-WRA | WRA versus non-WRA |
Possible WRA versus non-WRA |
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| Asthma self-management education (Healthy People 2020 goal) | %b | (95% CI) | %b | (95% CI) | %b | (95% CI) | %b | (95% CI) | PRC | (95% CI) | PRC | (95% CI) |
| Ever taken course/class to manage asthma (14.5%) | 9.2 | 8.3–10.2 | 15.7 | 12.8–18.5 | 10.3 | 8.7–11.8 | 6.5 | 5.3–7.7 | 2.07 | 1.58–2.70 | 1.43 | 1.11–1.85 |
| Ever been given an asthma action plan (36.8%) | 29.8 | 28.2–31.3 | 43.5 | 39.3–47.8 | 29.4 | 27.1–31.7 | 26.1 | 23.8–28.3 | 1.68 | 1.47–1.91 | 1.09 | 0.96–1.23 |
| Shown how to use an inhalerd,e | 95.8 | 95.2–96.4 | 97.2 | 96.1–98.2 | 95.4 | 94.6–96.2 | 95.8 | 94.8–96.9 | 1.02 | 1.01–1.04 | 1.00 | 0.99–1.02 |
| Taught appropriate response to asthma episodef (68.5%) | 66.6 | 65.1–68.2 | 78.6 | 75.4–81.9 | 65.0 | 62.6–67.5 | 64.4 | 62.0–66.9 | 1.21 | 1.14–1.28 | 1.00 | 0.95–1.06 |
| Taught how to recognize early signs or symptoms of an asthma episodee | 66.7 | 65.1–68.2 | 79.4 | 76.2–82.6 | 65.2 | 62.8–67.6 | 64.1 | 61.6–66.6 | 1.24 | 1.17–1.32 | 1.02 | 0.96–1.08 |
| Taught what to do during an asthma episode or attacke | 77.8 | 76.4–79.2 | 86.4 | 83.7–89.2 | 76.5 | 74.3–78.7 | 76.3 | 74.1–78.6 | 1.14 | 1.09–1.19 | 1.01 | 0.97–1.05 |
| Taught how to use a peak flow meter to adjust daily medicationse | 45.5 | 43.8–47.1 | 57.9 | 53.7–62.1 | 45.6 | 43.2–48.1 | 41.7 | 39.2–44.3 | 1.33 | 1.20–1.47 | 1.06 | 0.97–1.16 |
| Advised to change things in home, school, or work to improve asthma (54.6%) | 37.0 | 35.5–38.6 | 56.9 | 52.8–61.0 | 38.0 | 35.6–40.4 | 30.4 | 28.1–32.7 | 1.95 | 1.75–2.18 | 1.31 | 1.18–1.46 |
| Received at least one form of education | 98.6 | 98.3–98.9 | 99.4 | 98.9–100.0 | 98.3 | 97.7–98.8 | 98.6 | 98.3–99.0 | 1.01 | 1.00–1.02 | 1.00 | 0.99–1.01 |
CI: confidence interval; PR: prevalence ratio; WRA: work-related asthma.
Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance (p < .05).
California, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.
Weighted to provide average annual estimates using the survey sample weights for each participant.
Prevalence ratio represents the probability of self-education among persons with WRA and possible WRA as compared with persons with non-WRA. For each model, the outcome variable was asthma self-education element and the predictor variable was WRA status adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, household income, health insurance, and current employment status.
Among adults who have ever used an inhaler; 96.5% of ever-employed adults with current asthma had ever used an inhaler.
No corresponding Healthy People 2020 target.
Corresponds to Healthy People 2020 objective RD-7.3: Persons who responded “yes” to being taught how to respond to an episode of asthma and either how to recognize early signs and symptoms of an asthma episode or how to monitor peak flow.