Table 1 Physicians and Patients Demographics
Physicians, n | 224 |
Speciality, n (%) | |
Allergist | 11 (5) |
Pulmonologist | 4 (2) |
Family medicine | 81 (36) |
General practice | 16 (7) |
Internal medicine | 112 (50) |
Gender, n (%) | |
Male | 152 |
Mean amount of time in clinical practice, years | 15.5 |
Practice profile | |
Mostly office/clinic based, % | 89 |
Mean number of patients/week, (%) | |
1-60 | 13 |
61-100 | 43 |
> 100 | 45 |
Asthma experience | |
Mean number of adult patients/week, n | 22.2 |
Mean number of prescriptions/week, n | 37.5 |
Patients with asthma | |
Patients, n | 208 |
Gender, n (%) | |
Female | 122 (59) |
Mean age, years | 43.4 |
Years since diagnosis, n (%) | |
< 5 | 38 (18) |
5 to < 10 | 38 (18) |
10 to < 15 | 37 (18) |
15 to < 20 | 35 (17) |
20 to < 30 | 27 (13) |
≥ 30 | 33 (16) |