Impact of Group Asthma Education on Asthma Control and Emergency Room Visits in an Underserved New York Community

Table 3

Outcomes after asthma education.

Outcome	Preeducation (n = 88)	Posteducation (n = 88)	value
Patients requiring ER visits, n	42	20	0.0002
Average number of ER visits/patient/year	0.86	0.44	0.0066
Patients requiring hospitalization, n	21	19	0.1812
Average number of hospitalizations/patient/year	0.39	0.26	0.2236
Patients with controlled asthma (ACT ≥20), n	28	44	0.0043
Mean test score (%)	72.27	85.92	0.0001
Use of systemic steroids (number of patients)	51	28	0.0005

ACT, Asthma Control Test; ER, emergency room.