The Use of Telemedicine Access to Schools to Facilitate Expert Assessment of Children with Asthma

Table 4

Asthma outcomes.

	Mean baseline	Mean week 8	𝑃-value baseline versus week 8	Mean week 32	𝑃-value baseline versus week 32^*
Knowledge and satisfaction
Child knowledge	16.6	17.7	.007	17.4	0.03
Parent knowledge	11.9	13.8	< .001	14.0	< .001
Parent satisfaction	—	.85	—	.87	0.02
Asthma symptoms and utilization
# wheezing episodes, past 2 weeks	1.18	1.44	NS	0.99	NS
# asthma attacks, past 2 weeks	0.33	0.58	NS	0.153	(.07)
# overnight in hospital, past 2 weeks	0.012	0.036	NS	0.012	NS
# ED visits, past 2 weeks	0.059	0.082	NS	0.024	NS
# sick visits, past 2 weeks	0.072	0.24	.05	0.072	NS
Spirometry
FEV1	96.5	96.7	NS	—	—
FEF2575	86.9	86.3	NS	—	—
FEF Max	97.5	98.0	NS	—	—
FEV/FVC	94.5	95.9	NS	—	—

^*For parent satisfaction, the comparison involves week 8 and week 32.