Patient characteristics and clinical data | N (%) |
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Total number of study population, N | 164 |
Sex | |
 Male, n (%) | 70 (42.7) |
 Female, n (%) | 94 (57.3) |
Age | |
 18–30, n (%) | (77, 47) |
 31–45, n (%) | (56, 34) |
 46–64, n (%) | (18, 11) |
  > 65, n (%) | (13, 7.9) |
Education level | |
 Unable to read and write, n (%) | 97 59.1 |
 Primary education, n (%) | 31 18.9 |
 Secondary education n (%) | 29 17.7 |
 Higher education, n (%) | 7 4.3 |
Patient’s clinical data, n (%) | |
Previous history of ADR | |
 Yes, n (%) | 31 (18.9) |
 No, n (%) | 133 (81.1) |
 Duration of disease, years mean (SD) | 6.09 + 3.13 |
Previous inhaler education | |
 Yes, n (%) | 52 (81.1) |
 No, n (%) | 112 (19) |
Smoking history | |
 Yes, n (%) | 11 (6.7) |
 No, n (%) | 153 (93.3) |
Poly pharmacy | |
 Present | 47 (28.6) |
 Absent | 117 (71.4) |
Co-morbidity | |
 Yes | 64 (39.1) |
 No | 100 (60.9) |
Adherence level | |
 Adherent (TAI score≥50), n (%) | 81 (49.4) |
 Intermediate adherent (TAI score 46–49), n (%) | 53 (32.3) |
 Non-adherent (TAI score ≤ 45), n (%) | 30 (18.3) |