Table 2 Asthma symptoms in groups according to employment status
From: Correlates of employment status in individuals with asthma: a cross-sectional survey
Full-time work n = 870–960 | Unemployed n = 193 | Work disability n = 309–327 | Retired n = 153 | p-value 1 vs. 2 | p-value 1 vs. 3 | p-value 1 vs. 4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Occurrence of asthma symptoms during last year | Persistently | 257 (26.8) | 73 (37.8) | 189 (57.8) | 69 (45.1) | 0.003 | <.001 | <.001 |
Seasonally | 162 (16.9) | 34 (17.6) | 55 (16.8) | 26 (17.0) | ||||
Occasionally | 450 (46.9) | 78 (40.4) | 66 (20.2) | 42 (27.5) | ||||
None | 91 (9.5) | 8 (4.1) | 17 (5.2) | 16 (10.5) | ||||
Frequency of asthma symptoms during last month | Daily or almost daily | 93 (10.7) | 39 (21.3) | 139 (45.0) | 38 (27.7) | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 |
3–5 times a week | 71 (8.2) | 14 (7.7) | 38 (12.3) | 12 (8.8) | ||||
1–2 times a week | 176 (20.2) | 45 (24.6) | 44 (14.2) | 26 (19.0) | ||||
Less than once a week | 336 (38.6) | 58 (31.7) | 58 (18.8) | 40 (29.2) | ||||
None | 194 (22.3) | 27 (14.8) | 30 (9.7) | 21 (15.3) | ||||
Frequency of asthma symptoms during last year | Daily or almost daily | 121 (14.6) | 46 (27.2) | 113 (42.3) | 37 (30.3) | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 |
3–5 times a week | 84 (10.1) | 23 (13.6) | 44 (16.5) | 16 (13.1) | ||||
1–2 times a week | 187 (22.6) | 41 (24.3) | 46 (17.2) | 23 (18.9) | ||||
Less than once a week | 415 (50.1) | 57 (33.7) | 58 (21.7) | 40 (32.8) | ||||
None | 22 (2.7) | 2 (1.2) | 6 (2.2) | 6 (4.9) | ||||
Nightly wake-ups because of asthma symptoms during last month | > = 3 times a month | 162 (18.4) | 72 (39.1) | 170 (55.4) | 49 (34.8) | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 |
<3 times a month | 191 (21.7) | 34 (18.5) | 50 (16.3) | 31 (22.0) | ||||
None | 526 (59.8) | 78 (42.4) | 87 (28.3) | 61 (43.3) | ||||
Nightly wake-ups because of asthma symptoms during last year | > = 3 times a month | 151 (17.8) | 61 (35.3) | 129 (46.2) | 34 (27.4) | <.001 | <.001 | 0.004 |
<3 times a month | 396 (46.7) | 69 (39.9) | 99 (35.5) | 62 (50.0) | ||||
None | 301 (35.5) | 43 (24.9) | 51 (18.3) | 28 (22.6) | ||||
Use of asthma medication during last year | No | 105 (10.9) | 13 (6.6) | 19 (5.7) | 12 (7.6) | 0.066 | <.001 | 0.010 |
Irregularly | 190 (19.7) | 39 (19.9) | 38 (11.5) | 18 (11.4) | ||||
Seasonally (e.g. springtime) | 113 (11.7) | 15 (7.7) | 23 (6.9) | 15 (9.5) | ||||
Continuosly daily or almost daily | 556 (57.7) | 129 (65.8) | 251 (75.8) | 113 (71.5) | ||||
Subjects having used peroral corticoids because of asthma during last year | 225 (23.5) | 53 (27.3) | 143 (43.7) | 41 (26.6) | 0.258 | <.001 | 0.401 | |