Table 4.
Predictors of failure to complete the questionnaire after tablet acceptance.
| Patient-level descriptors | Visits (n=1026), n (%) | Tablet refused (proportion of visits), n (%) | Odds ratio (95% CI) | |
| Age |
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<65 years old | 542 (79.8) | 53 (9.8) | reference |
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≥65 years old | 137 (20.2) | 21 (15.3) | 1.48 (0.88-2.49) |
| Sex |
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Male | 182 (26.8) | 24 (13.2) | reference |
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Female | 497 (73.2) | 50 (10.1) | 0.77 (0.45-1.31) |
| Current asthma medication prescription |
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No asthma medications | 128 (18.8) | 22 (17.2) | reference |
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Any asthma medication | 551 (81.2) | 52 (9.4) | 0.53 (0.32-0.88) |
| Smoking status |
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Lifelong nonsmoker | 328 (48.3) | 35 (10.7) | reference |
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Current or former smoker | 296 (43.6) | 36 (12.2) | 1.00 (0.60-1.67) |
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Smoking history not documented | 55 (8.1) | 2 (3.6) | 0.48 (0.15-1.62) |
| Physician-documented diagnosis of COPDa |
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Absent | 613 (90.3) | 62 (10.1) | reference |
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Present | 66 (9.7) | 12 (18.2) | 1.90 (0.96-3.75) |
| Physician-documented diagnosis of asthma |
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Absent | 204 (30.0) | 30 (14.7) | reference |
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Present | 475 (70.0) | 44 (9.3) | 0.79 (0.47-1.34) |
| Prior ERb visit or hospitalization for asthma |
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No | 621 (91.5) | 70 (11.3) | reference |
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Yes | 58 (8.5) | 4 (6.9) | 0.66 (0.24-1.81) |
| Clinic site |
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Site 2 | 134 (19.7) | 15 (11.2) | reference |
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Site 1 | 545 (80.3) | 59 (10.8) | 0.88 (0.47-1.67) |
aCOPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
bER: emergency room.