Comparison of early-, late-, and non-participants in a school-based asthma management program for urban high school students

Table 2 Comparison of characteristics of teenagers eligible for a randomized trial intervention, by participant status

	Non-participants vs. All			Non-participants vs. Early			Non-participants vs. Late			Late vs. Early
SCREENING ¹			p			p			p			p
Mean age			<0.01			<0.01			0.02			0.18
	OR	(95%CI)	p	OR	(95%CI)	p	OR	(95%CI)	p	OR	(95%CI)	p
Male	1.0	(0.8-1.2)	0.93	1.0	(0.8-1.2)	0.69	1.5	(0.8-2.9)	0.26	1.5	(0.8-3.1)	0.18
Senior in High School ²	0.8	(0.6-1.1)	0.13	0.8	(0.6-1.1)	0.25	0.3	(0.1-1.3)	0.11	0.4	(0.1-1.6)	0.43
Diagnosed asthma	2.1	(1.7-2.8)	<0.01	2.2	(1.7-2.9)	<0.01	1.6	(0.8-3.4)	0.20	0.7	(0.3-1.6)	0.89
Medication used	1.7	(1.3-2.1)	<0.01	1.7	(1.3-2.1)	<0.01	1.8	(0.9-3.7)	0.13	1.1	(0.5-2.2)	0.86
Mod/Severe Asthma	1.4	(1.0-1.8)	0.04	1.4	(1.0-1.8)	0.04	1.3	(0.5-2.9)	0.60	0.9	(0.4-2.2)	0.39
≥1 ED visit/12 months	1.2	(0.9-1.5)	0.11	1.2	(0.9-1.5)	0.19	1.6	(0.8-3.2)	0.18	1.4	(0.7-2.8)	0.98
Smoker ³	1.2	(0.7-1.8)	0.52	1.0	(0.5-2.0)	0.89	Not calculated (zero cell)			Not calculated (zero cell)
Household ETS ⁴	1.0	(0.5-1.9)	0.89	1.1	(0.9-1.4)	0.42	1.5	(0.7-3.3)	0.26	1.4	(0.6-3.0)	0.39
BASELINE ⁵
Medicaid enrollee										1.9	(0.7-5.1)	0.20
Extrinsically motivated ⁶										1.7	(0.6-5.0)	0.31
Rescue inhaler nearby ⁷										0.8	(0.3-2.3)	0.68
Controller med adherence ⁸										1.0	(0.3-4.0)	0.99
STUDY COMPLIANCE
Student
All 4 sessions completed										0.3	(0.1-0.7)	<0.01
12 month follow-up completed										0.1	(0.04-0.2)	<0.01
Caregiver
Baseline survey completed										0.2	(0.1-0.3)	<0.01
12 month survey completed										0.2	(0.1-0.4)	<0.01

¹Screening questionnaire administered 2007-2008; ² Senior in high school when Lung Health Survey conducted (2007-2008); ³ Smoked 1 or more days in past 30 days;
⁴ Environmental tobacco smoke; ⁵ Information from enrollment baseline survey; ⁶ Reason for enrollment: Intrinsically motivated ="Wanted to learn to control asthma" or "Seemed like a fun program" vs. Extrinsically motivated = "Gift cards or cash" or "Encouraged by others to enroll". ⁷Among those reporting a rescue inhaler, report having rescue inhaler nearby >4 of last 7 days; ⁸ Among those reporting a controller medication, report taking controller medication >4 days of last 7 days.

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