Table 4 Daytime symptom frequency and use of rescue and controller medication among EUCAN patients
Frequency of daytime symptoms | Frequency of rescue medication use, n (%)a | Frequency of controller medication use, n (%)a | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Every day | 3–6/week | 1–2/week | <1/week | Not used in past year | Every day | 1–6 / week | <1/week | Not used in past year | |
Every day | 159 (52) | 23 (8) | 18 (6) | 33 (11) | 70 (23) | 199 (66) | 12 (4) | 32 (11) | 59 (19) |
(n = 303,a 288b) | |||||||||
Most days | 106 (47) | 24 (10) | 15 (7) | 35 (15) | 48 (21) | 149 (66) | 18 (8) | 30 (13) | 31 (13) |
(n = 226,a 213b) | |||||||||
Twice/week | 66 (27) | 26 (11) | 30 (12) | 44 (18) | 74 (31) | 116 (49) | 31 (13) | 40 (17) | 52 (22) |
(n = 240,a 248b) | |||||||||
Once/week | 32 (24) | 11 (8) | 16 (12) | 35 (26) | 38 (29) | 62 (47) | 10 (7) | 26 (20) | 35 (26) |
(n = 132,a 133b) | |||||||||
Less than once/week | 272 (23) | 57 (5) | 93 (8) | 332 (29) | 407 (35) | 507 (44) | 58 (5) | 210 (18) | 386 (33) |
(n = 1162,a 1120b) | |||||||||
Total | 635 (31) | 140 (7) | 171 (8) | 478 (23) | 638 (31) | 1033 (50) | 129 (6) | 337 (16) | 562 (27) |
(n = 2063,a 2002b) | |||||||||