The Relation between Asthma Control and Quality of Life in Children

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample.

	Controlled	Uncontrolled	P value
	n = 17	n = 89
Age	Mean: 11	Mean: 10.337	.335
	St Dev: 2.423	St Dev: 2.615
Gender
Male	11 (64.7%)	55 (61.8%)	0.821
Nationality
Saudi	11 (64.7%)	64 (71.9%)	0.550
Positive family history	11 (64.7%)	68 (76.4%)	0.310
Parents’ relationship
Married	17 (100%)	81 (91%)	0.199
Father’s education			0.00
Elementary	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Intermediate	0 (0%)	7 (8.6%)
High school	4 (23.5%)	40 (49.4%)
College	10 (58.8%)	34 (42%)
Higher studies	3 (17.6%)	0 (0%)
Mother’s education			0.044
Elementary	0 (0%)	7 (8.6%)
Intermediate	3 (17.6%)	26 (32.1%)
High school	5 (29.4%)	28 (34.6%)
College	8 (47.1%)	20 24.7%)
Higher studies	1 (5.9%)	0 (0%)
Employed mother	12 (70.6%)	33 (40.7%)	.025
Family income			0.00
Less than 5000	0 (0%)	7 (8.6%)
5000 – 10000	1 (5.9%)	31 (38.3%)
10000 – 15000	6 (35.3%)	33 (40.7%)
15000-20000	7 (41.2%)	10 (12.3%)
20000-25000	3 (17.6%)	0 (0%)
>25000	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Smoking exposure at home	5 (29.4%)	50 (61.7%)	.015
Asthma duration	Mean: 76.59	Mean: 45.88	0.00
	St Dev: 37.321	St Dev: 30.388