Table 5.

Multivariate logistic regression for well-controlled asthma at 3 months

	Poorly controlled asthma at baseline		Partially controlled asthma at baseline
	OR (95% CI)	P value	OR (95% CI)	P value
Patient group
Routine care	Reference		Reference
eCARE	0.59 (0.30 to 1.13)	0.112	0.59 (0.34 to 1.02)	0.060
Age	1.04 (1.01 to 1.07)	0.012	1.03 (1.01 to 1.05)	0.012
Gender
Male	Reference		Reference
Female	0.52 (0.26 to 1.05)	0.068	0.79 (0.44 to 1.40)	0.414
Race
Chinese	Reference		Reference
Malay	0.88 (0.38 to 2.05)	0.773	1.52 (0.77 to 2.98)	0.229
Indian	1.24 (0.47 to 3.25)	0.664	1.29 (0.57 to 2.90)	0.543
Others	0.90 (0.16 to 5.12)	0.905	3.73 (0.68 to 20.50)	0.131
Duration of asthma (years)	1.00 (0.98 to 1.02)	0.838	0.99 (0.97 to 1.01)	0.237
Baseline ACT score	0.99 (0.87 to 1.12)	0.877	1.02 (0.84 to 1.23)	0.851
Smoking	0.47 (0.22 to 1.03)	0.058	0.76 (0.40 to 1.44)	0.401
Comorbidities, n	0.73 (0.43 to 1.23)	0.235	0.83 (0.54 to 1.27)	0.384
Initial place of asthma treatment
GP	Reference		Reference
SOC	0.75 (0.31 to 1.82)	0.530	1.13 (0.54 to 2.39)	0.746
Polyclinic	0.43 (0.19 to 0.98)	0.044	0.92 (0.44 to 1.92)	0.824
Others	0.53 (0.19 to 1.47)	0.220	0.64 (0.28 to 1.44)	0.279

ACT, asthma control test; GP, general practitioner; SOC, specialist outpatient clinic.