Enablers of Physician Prescription of a Long-Term Asthma Controller in Patients with Persistent Asthma
Table 1
Characteristics of respondents.
Participants ()
Male sex, (%)
131 (31)
Years in practice, median (25%, 75%)
13 (5, 21)
Speciality, (%)
Family medicine
250 (60)
Pediatrics
115 (27)
Emergency medicine
56 (13)
Primary practice location, (%)
Urban
390 (93)
Rural
31 (7)
Completed training, (%)
Family medicine (residency)
272 (65)
Pediatrics (residency or fellowship)
121 (29)
Respirology (residency or fellowship)
117 (28)
Emergency medicine (residency or fellowship)
69 (16)
Other (residency or fellowship)
55 (13)
Practice setting, (%)
Clinic with appointment
285 (68)
Walk-in clinic
168 (40)
Emergency room
168 (40)
Intensive care unit
26 (6)
Hospital wards
171 (41)
Home care
40 (10)
Others
77 (18)
Proportion of clientele with asthma, median (25%, 75%)
27 (18, 27)
Proportion of children in clientele, median (25%, 75%)
55 (9, 82)
Practice in an asthma clinic, (%)
13 (3)
Self-reported being an asthma specialist, (%)
50 (12)
Usual work environment, (%)
Academic institution
185 (44)
Nonacademic institution
48 (11)
Private, group, or community practice
187 (45)
The training completed was not mutually exclusive. Indeed, several physicians reported two or more training programs such as family medicine (or pediatric) with emergency medicine, a popular training to serve as general (or pediatric) emergency physicians.
