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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondent-UOGTRH, 2016

From: Non adherence to inhalational medications and associated factors among patients with asthma in a referral hospital in Ethiopia, using validated tool TAI

Patient characteristics and clinical data

N (%)

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)