Participants n | 2032 |
Age | 43±15 |
Sex | |
Female | 1219 (60) |
Ethnicity/race | |
Hispanic | 282 (14) |
Asian | 221 (11) |
African-American | 381 (19) |
Non-Hispanic white | 1148 (56) |
Region of USA | |
East | 478 (24) |
Midwest | 432 (21) |
South | 578 (28) |
West | 544 (27) |
Education | |
Up to high school | 353 (17) |
Some college | 743 (36) |
College graduate | 490 (24) |
Some graduate school or graduate degree | 446 (22) |
Medical comorbidities | |
Sinusitis | 1284 (63) |
Diabetes | 505 (25) |
Heart disease | 194 (9) |
COPD | 287 (14) |
Migraine headaches | 660 (32) |
Exactly one condition | 745 (37) |
Exactly two conditions | 570 (28) |
≥Three conditions | 297 (15) |
Visited emergency room in past year | 783 (39) |
Self-rating of asthma severity | |
Very mild | 383 (19) |
Mild | 580 (28) |
Moderate | 824 (41) |
Severe | 207 (10) |
Very severe | 36 (2) |
Rescue inhaler use during past 4 weeks | |
Never | 495 (24) |
1 time per week | 510 (25) |
2 or more times per week but not daily | 600 (29) |
Daily | 279 (14) |
Several times per day most days | 143 (7) |
RAND-ACM (using NHLBI guidelines) | |
Well-controlled (5–7) | 429 (21) |
Not well-controlled (8–12) | 879 (44) |
Very poorly controlled (13–24) | 702 (35) |
General quality of life | |
Excellent | 109 (5) |
Very good | 370 (18) |
Good | 770 (38) |
Fair | 591 (29) |
Poor | 185 (9) |
Specific quality of life | |
Social roles/activities (T-scale)# | 48.8±9.0 |
Anxiety (T-scale)# | 54.2±11.6 |