Table 1 Patient characteristics of the Asthmatic patients on follow up at Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia, 2017
Variables | Control | Case | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | % | Frequency | % | |
Sex | ||||
Male | 64 | 52.9 | 54 | 44.6 |
Female | 57 | 47.1 | 67 | 55.4 |
Age of the respondent (years) | ||||
18–34 | 40 | 33.1 | 16 | 13.2 |
35–54 | 52 | 43.0 | 34 | 28.1 |
> 55 | 29 | 24.0 | 71 | 58.7 |
Residence | ||||
Urban | 72 | 59.5 | 42 | 34.7 |
Rural | 49 | 40.5 | 79 | 65.3 |
Marital status | ||||
Single | 12 | 9.9 | 8 | 6.6 |
Married | 97 | 80.2 | 83 | 68.6 |
Divorced | 4 | 3.3 | 9 | 7.4 |
Widowed | 8 | 6.6 | 21 | 17.4 |
Educational status | ||||
Higher | 22 | 18.2 | 11 | 9.1 |
Secondary | 19 | 15.7 | 10 | 8.3 |
Primary | 37 | 30.6 | 26 | 21.5 |
Illiterate | 43 | 35.5 | 74 | 61.2 |
Occupational status | ||||
Government employee | 47 | 39.2 | 20 | 16.5 |
Merchant | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6.6 |
Housewife | 8 | 6.7 | 14 | 11.6 |
Farmer | 38 | 31.7 | 47 | 38.8 |
Retired | 6 | 5.0 | 25 | 20.7 |
Others | 10 | 8.2 | 7 | 5.8 |
Monthly income | ||||
≤ 1200 | 43 | 35.5 | 88 | 72.7 |
1201–2499 | 25 | 20.7 | 15 | 12.4 |
≥ 2500 | 53 | 43.8 | 18 | 14.9 |
Smoking status | ||||
Never | 108 | 89.3 | 68 | 56.2 |
Previously | 9 | 7.4 | 37 | 30.6 |
Current | 4 | 3.3 | 18 | 13.2 |
Residence | ||||
Urban | ||||
Rural | ||||
Chat chewing | ||||
Yes | 24 | 19.8 | 28 | 23.1 |
No | 97 | 80.2 | 93 | 76.9 |
Drinking alcohol | ||||
Yes | 116 | 95.9 | 105 | 86.8 |
No | 5 | 4.1 | 16 | 13.2 |
Visiting the doctor | ||||
Scheduled | 109 | 90.1 | 95 | 84.3 |
Unscheduled | 12 | 9.9 | 26 | 15.7 |
Knowledge about asthma | ||||
Good | 112 | 92.6 | 35 | 28.9 |
Poor | 9 | 7.4 | 86 | 71.5 |
Attitude about asthma | ||||
Positive attitude | 89 | 73.6 | 53 | 43.8 |
Negative attitude | 32 | 26.4 | 68 | 56.2 |
ICS | ||||
Yes | 90 | 74.4 | 68 | 56.2 |
No | 31 | 25.6 | 55 | 43.8 |
Level of adherence to ICS | ||||
Adherent | 76 | 84.4 | 13 | 19.1 |
Non adherent | 14 | 15.6 | 55 | 80.9 |