Demographic and practice characteristics | HCP (N = 300) |
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Current role, n (%) | |
Physician (MD or DO) | 297 (99.0) |
Othera | 3 (1.0) |
Gender, female, n (%) | 129 (43.0) |
Provider specialtyb, n (%) | |
Primary care, general internal medicine, family practice | 240 (80.0) |
Pulmonology/allergy | 15 (5.0) |
Otherc | 51 (17.0) |
Years of practice, n (%) | |
≤ 10 years | 72 (24.0) |
11–20 years | 92 (30.7) |
> 20 years | 136 (45.3) |
Main practice setting, n (%) | |
Physician-owned practice | 139 (46.3) |
Part of a large medical group or healthcare system | 80 (26.7) |
Hospital or clinic not associated with a university (including community health clinic) | 34 (11.3) |
University hospital or clinic | 29 (9.7) |
Group or staff model HMO | 10 (3.3) |
Otherd | 8 (2.7) |
Clinical characteristics and exacerbationse | |
Categorizes severity of exacerbations as mild, moderate, or severe, yes, n (%) | 224 (74.7) |
Number of patients with asthma treated in the past 12 months, mean (SD) | 307.2 (679.8) |
Percent of patients with mild asthma | 51.5 (21.5) |
Percent of patients with moderate asthma | 34.4 (15.7) |
Percent of patients with severe asthma | 14.1 (12.0) |
Number of patients with asthma treated for an exacerbation in the past month, mean (SD) | 17.5 (40.1) |
Percent of patients with mild exacerbations | 50.2 (25.4) |
Percent of patients with moderate exacerbations | 37.5 (21.9) |
Percent of patients with severe exacerbations | 12.3 (14.0) |
Belief statements, yes, n (%) | |
I believe that asthma exacerbations can have a varying impact on my patients’ lives, depending on the severity of the exacerbation | 298 (99.3) |
I believe that asthma exacerbations have an impact on my patients’ lives | 296 (98.7) |
I believe all patients with asthma are at risk of developing an exacerbation | 289 (96.3) |
I believe that it is helpful to categorize asthma exacerbations by their severity (mild, moderate, severe) | 276 (92.0) |
I believe my patients worry about having exacerbations | 273 (91.0) |