Table 6 Management of asthma by the asthmatics (N = 903)
From: Factors related to under-diagnosis and under-treatment of childhood asthma in metropolitan France
Undiagnosed Asthma N = 377 | Diagnosed Asthma N = 526 | Diagnosed Asthma | p-value§ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Untreated N = 76 | Treated N = 353 | ||||
Medication compliance, N (%) | |||||
All treatment | 34 (73.91) | 262 (72.58) | 6 (50.00) | 243 (73.41) | <0.0001 |
Most of the treatment | 6 (13.04) | 66 (18.28) | 1 (8.33) | 62 (18.73) | |
A part of the treatment | 6 (13.04) | 21 (5.82) | 0 | 20 (6.04) | |
None | 0 (0.00) | 8 (2.22) | 4 (33.33) | 3 (0.91) | |
Attacks prevention, N (%) | 33 (31.43) | 281 (62.86) | 31 (45.59) | 223 (67.58) | 0.0006 |
Medication during asthma attacks, N (%) | 68 (64.15) | 423 (91.36) | 59 (84.29) | 325 (94.20) | 0.0040 |
Management of asthma by the child, N (%) | 21 (23.08) | 300 (66.52) | 23 (32.39) | 258 (77.48) | <0.0001 |
Peak flow-meter use, N (%) | 0 (0.00) | 29 (6.25) | 2 (2.99) | 25 (7.20) | 0.2003 |