Table 2.

Unadjusted relationship between specific post-traumatic stress disorder symptom clusters and asthma morbidity.

	All participants, n = 181
	Re-experiencing, n = 126			Avoidance, n = 76			Hyper-arousal, n = 94
	Met	Unmet	p-value	Met	Unmet	p-value	Met	Unmet	p-value
Asthma control (ACQ score, SD)	1.7 (1.2)	1.0 (0.9)	0.0002	1.7 (1.1)	1.3 (1.1)	0.003	1.7 (1.1)	1.2 (1.1)	0.0033
Quality of life (AQLQ score, SD)	4.6 (1.2)	5.4 (1.0)	<0.0001	4.5 (1.1)	5.0 (1.2)	0.002	4.5 (1.2)	5.2 (1.1)	0.0002
One or more outpatient visits during last year due to asthma (No, %)	41 (33)	10 (18)	0.04	25 (33)	26 (25)	0.20	31 (33)	20 (23)	0.10
One or more inpatient visits during last year due to asthma (No, %)	26 (21)	4 (7)	0.03	21 (28)	9 (9)	0.0007	22 (23)	8 (9)	0.01
	Participants not diagnosed with PTSD, n = 130
	Re-experiencing, n = 75			Avoidance, n = 25			Hyper-arousal, n = 43
	Met	Unmet	p-value	Met	Unmet	p-value	Met	Unmet	p-value
Asthma control (ACQ score, SD)	1.5 (1.2)	1.0 (0.9)	0.03	1.3 (1.1)	1.3 (1.1)	0.94	1.4 (1.2)	1.2 (1.1)	0.58
Quality of life (AQLQ score, SD)	4.8 (1.2)	5.4 (1.0)	0.01	5.0 (1.2)	5.0 (1.2)	0.86	4.8 (1.3)	5.2 (1.1)	0.13
One or more outpatient visits during last year due to asthma (No, %)	23 (31)	10 (18)	0.11	7 (28)	26 (25)	0.74	13 (30)	20 (23)	0.37
One or more inpatient visits during last year due to asthma (No, %)	9 (12)	4 (7)	0.56	4 (16)	9 (9)	0.27	5 (12)	8 (9)	0.76

ACQ = asthma control questionnaire; AQLQ = asthma quality of life questionnaire.