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Table 4 Daytime symptom frequency and use of rescue and controller medication among EUCAN patients

From: Insights, attitudes, and perceptions about asthma and its treatment: a multinational survey of patients from Europe and Canada

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)
  1. aSample sizes and proportions weighted by the size of the population and the prevalence of asthma in each of the countries
  2. bUnweighted sample sizes