Table 1 Characteristics of study sample
From: The impact of comorbidities on productivity loss in asthma patients
Study population = 284 | |
|---|---|
Age, mean ± SDa | 47.8 ± 11.8 |
Sex (%) | |
Women | 193 (68) |
Men | 91 (32) |
Household income (%) | |
High (>60,000 CAD) | 178 (62.7) |
Low | 96 (33.8) |
Missing | 10 (3.5) |
Educational level (%) | |
High | 229 (80.6) |
Low | 55 (19.4) |
Place of birth (%) | |
Canada | 207 (72.9) |
Outside Canada | 77 (27.1) |
Ethnicity (%) | |
Caucasian | 231 (81.3) |
Asian | 18 (6.3) |
Other | 35 (12.4) |
Residence type (%) | |
Urban | 260 (91.5) |
Rural | 24 (8.5) |
Asthma medication adherence (%) | |
PDCb < 50 % | 171 (60.2) |
50 % ≤ PDC < 80 % | 31 (11) |
PDC ≥ 80 % | 81 (28.5) |
Missing | 1 (0.3) |
Asthma control level (%) | |
Controlled | 55 (19.4) |
Partially Controlled | 113 (39.8) |
Uncontrolled | 115 (40.5) |
Missing | 1 (0.3) |
Productivity Loss (%) | 136 (48) |
Absenteeism (%) | 49 (17) |
Presenteeism (%) | 127 (45) |
Hours of overall productivity loss, mean ± SD | 16 ± 17.6 |
Costsc of overall productivity loss, mean ± SD | 317.49$ ± 858.83$ |
Overall SCQd comorbidities score, mean ± SD | 2.47 ± 2.97 |
Heart disease (%) | 15 (5.3) |
Hypertension (%) | 35 (12.3) |
Diabetes (%) | 9 (3.2) |
Ulcer or Stomach Disease (%) | 37 (13) |
Kidney disease (%) | 3 (1.1) |
Liver disease (%) | 2 (0.7) |
Anemia or other blood disease (%) | 21 (7.4) |
Cancer (%) | 6 (2.1) |
Depression (%) | 40 (14.1) |
Osteoarthritis, degenerative arthritis (%) | 62 (21.8) |
Back pain (%) | 99 (34.9) |
Rheumatoid arthritis (%) | 2 (0.7) |