Table 2.
Questions regarding asthma treatment in 5 Latin American countries in different age groups including action plan and control and relief medication use.
| N (%) | Argentina 433 (19.9) |
Brazil 401 (18.6) |
Mexico 532 (24.5) |
Puerto Rico 401 (18.6) |
Venezuela 400 (18.4) |
P∗ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Had a written action plan for the asthma management | ||||||
| 12–17yr | 41 (66.1) | 18 (43.9) | 45 (36.0) | 31 (53.4) | 28 (41.8) | 0.004 |
| >17–40yr | 83 (50.3) | 77 (41.0) | 55 (25.7) | 65 (46.4) | 97 (48.3) | <0.001 |
| >40yr | 115 (55.8) | 74 (43.0) | 73 (37.8) | 109 (53.7) | 61 (46.2) | <0.001 |
| Used asthma control medication in the last 4 weeks | ||||||
| 12–17yr | 33 (53.2) | 12 (29.3) | 14 (11.2) | 16 (27.6) | 8 (11.9) | <0.001 |
| >17–40yr | 71 (43.0) | 41 (21.8) | 27 (12.6) | 71 (50.7) | 44 (21.9) | <0.001 |
| >40yr | 106 (51.5) | 52 (30.2) | 28 (14.5) | 138 (68.0) | 29 (22.0) | <0.001 |
| Used relief medication in the last 4 weeks | ||||||
| 12–17yr | 48 (77.4) | 24 (58.5) | 57 (46.0) | 22 (38.6) | 28 (42.4) | <0.001 |
| >17–40yr | 115 (70.1) | 104 (55.6) | 121 (56.8) | 69 (49.6) | 111 (55.8) | 0.005 |
| >40yr | 153 (74.3) | 95 (55.2) | 126 (66.7) | 131 (64.9) | 85 (64.4) | 0.004 |
Values expressed in n (%). ∗ Chi-square test, p < 0.05