Pulmonary Medicine

Research Article

Assessment of Asthma Control and Quality of Life among Asthmatic Patients Attending Armed Forces Referral and Teaching Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 4

Multivariable logistic regression analysis of factors associated with poor asthma control among asthmatic patients attending Armed Forces Referral and Teaching Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July-October 2015 ().
VariableAsthma controlCOR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI) value
Controlled (%)Uncontrolled (%)
Age category
 18-3425 (13.6%)23 (12.5%)1.001.00
 35-6428 (15.2%)87 (47.3%)3.38 (1.7, 6.86)6.31 (2.06, 19.3)0.001
 ≥656 (3.3%)15 (8.1%)2.72 (0.90, 8.2)1.53 (0.21, 11.23)0.679
Gender
 Male28 (15.2%)76 (41.3%)1.001.00
 Female31 (16.9%)49 (26.6%)0.58 (0.31, 1.09)0.38 (0.15, 0.98)0.044
Marital status
 Single4 (2.9%)22 (16.2%)1.001.00
 Married33 (24.3%)45 (33.1%)0.61 (0.27, 1.40)0.24 (0.08, 0.78)0.017
 Divorced2 (1.5%)9 (6.6%)2.12 (0.40, 11.3)1.63 (0.23, 11.43)0.624
 Widowed4 (2.9%)17 (12.5%)1.47 (0.46, 4.69)0.62 (0.09, 4.43)0.635
Education level
 No formal education8 (4.3%)20 (10.8%)1.001.00
 Primary education8 (4.3%)34 (18.8%)1.70 (0.55, 5.27)3.39 (0.67, 17.12)0.140
 Secondary education23 (12.5%)48 (26.0%)0.84 (0.32, 2.18)1.74 (0.48, 6.30)0.402
 Higher institute20 (10.8%)23 (12.5%)0.46 (0.17, 1.27)0.74 (0.19, 2.94)0.673
Duration of diagnosis
 ≤14.8 years37 (20.1%)52 (28.3%)1.001.00
 >14.8 years22 (11.9%)73 (39.7%)2.36 (1.3, 4.46)1.33 (0.50, 3.53)0.562
Comorbid illness
 Yes9 (4.9%)56 (30.4%)1.001.00
 No50 (27.2%)69 (37.5%)0.22 (0.1, 0.49)0.23 (0.09, 0.61)0.003
Hospital admission in the last 12 months
 Yes5 (2.7%)34 (18.5%)1.001.00
 No54 (29.3%)91 (49.5%)0.25 (0.1, 0.67)0.41 (0.13, 1.27)0.123
Oral SABA use
 Yes10 (5.4%)65 (35.3%)1.001.00
 No49 (26.7%)60 (32.6%)0.19 (0.1, 0.41)0.22 (0.09, 0.59)0.003
OCS use
 Yes6 (3.3%)32 (17.4%)1.001.00
 No53 (28.8%)93 (50.5%)0.33 (0.13, 0.84)0.37 (0.11, 1.22)0.101
Statistically significant at . COR = crude odds ratio; AOR = adjusted odds ratio.