Association of Asthma Control and Metered-Dose Inhaler Use Technique among Adult Asthmatic Patients Attending Outpatient Clinic, in Resource-Limited Country: A Prospective Study

Table 2

Bivariate and multivariate ordinal regression analysis for predictors of poorly controlled asthma respiratory clinic, JUMC, Ethiopia, 2018.

Variables		Asthma control status (%)			Bivariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
		Controlled	Partially controlled	Uncontrolled	CB (CI)	value	AB (CI)	value
Age	19–39	46.2	26.2	26.5	−0.56 (−1.36–0.26)	0.138	−0.74 (−1.58–0.113)	0.089
	40–59	30.8	43.0	40.8	−0.07 (−0.82–0.69)	0.180	−0.27 (−1.07–0.52)	0.502
	60–75	23.0	30.8	32.7	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Residence	Rural	57.7	61.5	53.1	−0.196 (−0.83–0.44)	0.054	0.099 (−0.611–0.81)	0.784
	Urban	42.3	38.5	46.9	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Exposure of biomass	Yes	53.8	66.2	63.3	0.19 (−0.46–0.83)	0.174	0.06 (−0.66–0.77)	0.879
	No	46.2	33.8	36.7	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Adherence	Adherent	62.06	63.93	62.5	−0.64 (−2.02–0.74)	0.236	−1.21 (−2.36, −0.064)	0.038
	Intermediate	24.13	21.31	20.83	−0.58 (−2.07–0.92)	0.247	−1.09 (−2.122, −0.061)	0.039
	Nonadherent	13.81	14.76	16.67	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Attitude	Positive	80.8	72.3	61.2	−0.65 (−1.34–0.044)	0.067	−0.581 (−1.31–0.15)	0.118
	Negative	19.2	27.7	38.8	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Exacerbation	Yes	42.3	41.5	63.3	0.69 (0.06–1.33)	0.032	0.77 (0.11–1.43)	0.022
	No	57.7	58.5	36.7	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Inhalation technique	Efficient	42.3	27.7	16.3	−0.89 (−1.614−(−0.17))	0.016	−1.064 (−1.83, −0.03)	0.006
	Inefficient	57.7	72.3	83.7	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Knowledge	Good	26.92	21.54	24.5	−0.12 (−0.904–0.67)	0.775
	Moderate	34.62	30.8	28.57	−0.218 (−0.94–0.51)	0.557
	Poor	38.46	52.34	46.93	1.00	1.00
Comorbidity	Yes	26.72	33.84	22.45	−0.26 (−0.95–0.43)	0.46
	No	73.28	66.16	77.55	1.00	1.00
Khat chewing	Yes	53.84	49.23	53.0	0.024 (−0.59–0.65)	0.94
	No	46.16	50.77	47.0	1.00	1.00
Alcohol drinking	Yes	46.16	60.0	53.0	0.07 (−0.55–0.69)	0.817
	No	53.84	40.0	47.0	1.00	1.00
Drugs other than antiasthmatic	Yes	26.9	21.5	18.4	−0.324 (−1.1–0.435)	0.403
	No	73.1	78.5	81.6	1.00	1.00