Table 3.
Comparison of cough characteristics between patients who did not visit HCPs (n = 66) vs. CC patients who had visited HCPs (n = 294) for CC
| CC patients who did not visit HCPs (n = 66) | CC patients who visited HCPs (n = 294) | p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Age | 47.09 | 13.95 | 47.42 | 14.51 | 0.868 | |
| Years experienced CC (n = 32/206) | 5.28 | 6.98 | 5.03 | 6.77 | 0.849 | |
| Cough severity VAS score over the past 2 weeks | 3.89 | 1.71 | 4.6 | 2.02 | 0.009 | |
| Cough severity VAS score on the worst day during the past 2 weeks | 4.83 | 2.12 | 5.94 | 2.3 | < 0.001 | |
| % | % | |||||
| Sex | Female | 40.9% | 49.7% | 0.198 | ||
| Male | 51.9% | 50.3% | ||||
| How often do you cough up phlegm when coughing | Never | 13.6% | 5.1% | 0.033 | ||
| Rarely | 28.8% | 35.0% | ||||
| Sometimes | 42.4% | 33.7% | ||||
| Often | 12.1% | 19.7% | ||||
| Always | 3.0% | 6.5% | ||||
| Smoking status | Not smoked in the last 12 months | 54.5% | 72.4% | 0.17 | ||
| Not currently smoking but smoked in last 12 months | 3.0% | 2.0% | ||||
| Currently smoking | 32.4% | 25.5% | ||||
| Experienced urinary incontinence while coughing | No | 86.4% | 73.5% | 0.027 | ||
| Yes | 13.6% | 26.5% | ||||
| Experienced post-nasal drip | No | 53.0% | 23.8% | < 0.001 | ||
| Yes | 47.0% | 76.2% | ||||
CC chronic cough; HCP healthcare provider; VAS visual analogue scale