From: 1-year prospective real life monitoring of asthma control and quality of life in Italy
 | Total | Controlled | Partly controlled | Uncontrolled | Overall p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients, n (%) | 739 | 598 (80.9) | 87 (11.8) | 54 (7.3) | Â |
Smoking habits, n (%) (1) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.437 |
  Current smokers | 136 (18.4) | 113 (18.9) | 14 (16.1) | 9 (16.7) |  |
  Non-smokers | 468 (63.3) | 384 (64.2) | 50 (57.5) | 34 (63.0) |  |
  Ex-smokers (2) | 128 (17.3) | 97 (16.2) | 21 (24.1) | 10 (18.5) |  |
  Not available | 7 (0.9) | 4 (0.7) | 2 (2.3) | 1 (1.9) |  |
Improvement of 3 points in ACT score, n (%) | 642 (86.9) | 572 (95.7) | 55 (63.2) | 15 (27.8) | <0.001(3) |
Quality of life, n | 733 | 593 | 86 | 54 | Â |
  EQ-5D(4) score, mean (SD) | 0.87 (0.19) | 0.91 (0.13) | 0.71 (0.23) | 0.62 (0.30) | <0.001(5) |
  EQ-5D(4) VAS score, mean (SD) | 80.0 (13.6) | 83.8 (10.2) | 67.2 (12.1) | 58.9 (16.0) | <0.001(6) |
Antiasthmatic therapy, n (%) (7) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  No therapy | 59 (8.0) | 55 (9.2) | 3 (3.5) | 1 (1.9) | - |
  ICS /LABA | 602 (81.5) | 484 (80.9) | 72 (82.8) | 46 (85.2) | - |
  LTRA | 237 (32.1) | 165 (27.6) | 42 (48.3) | 30 (55.6) | - |
  ICS | 71 (9.6) | 55 (9.2) | 7 (8.1) | 9 (16.7) | - |
  Short-acting β2agonist | 42 (5.7) | 21 (3.5) | 13 (14.9) | 8 (14.8) | - |