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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Asthma. 2013 Jul 4;50(7):791–798. doi: 10.3109/02770903.2013.808347

Table 4.

GEE models for caregiver-reported asthma outcomes at 1-month home visit.

Child asthma symptom days (n=246)
Missed school days (n=207)
Emergency room visits (n=246)
Unplanned physician visits (n=245)
β SE p Value β SE p Value β SE p Value β SE p Value
No. of questions provider asked caregiver −0.01 0.04 0.76 0.01 0.01 0.48 −0.00 0.00 0.73 0.00 0.01 0.88
No. of questions provider asked child −0.09 0.03 0.001 0.01 0.01 0.57 −0.00 0.00 0.65 −0.01 0.01 0.17
No. of questions caregiver asked −0.05 0.10 0.65 0.04 0.03 0.11 0.01 0.01 0.25 0.02 0.04 0.56
No. of questions child asked 0.18 0.17 0.28 0.00 0.03 0.94 −0.01 0.01 0.54 −0.04 0.05 0.48
Provider educated about controller medications 0.49 0.36 0.18 0.09 0.13 0.50 −0.05 0.03 0.09 0.02 0.08 0.8
Child gender 0.15 0.36 0.67 0.06 0.11 0.61 0.02 0.03 0.54 −0.03 0.07 0.66
Child race −0.18 0.29 0.54 0.03 0.13 0.82 −0.04 0.03 0.18 0.11 0.07 0.15
Child age 0.08 0.09 0.37 −0.04 0.02 0.05 −0.00 0.00 0.53 −0.01 0.01 0.55
Caregiver education −0.00 0.06 0.94 −0.00 0.02 0.99 −0.01 0.01 0.39 −0.00 0.01 0.98
Caregiver married 1.01 0.43 0.02 0.18 0.13 0.17 0.01 0.02 0.57 0.02 0.09 0.84
Total household income −0.46 0.12 <0.01 −0.05 0.04 0.15 −0.01 0.01 0.33 −0.06 0.02 <0.01
Asthma severity −0.38 0.31 0.21 0.02 0.16 0.88 0.03 0.02 0.30 0.03 0.07 0.67
Years with asthma −0.06 0.04 0.15 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.94 0.00 0.01 0.89
Child taking controller medication 0.45 0.50 0.36 0.11 0.07 0.09 0.02 0.03 0.54 0.12 0.07 0.08
Child self-efficacy 0.37 0.19 0.05 −0.08 0.07 0.24 −0.01 0.03 0.76 0.05 0.06 0.42

Values in bold are statistically significant (p<0.05).