Achieving Good Outcomes for Asthma Living (GOAL): mixed methods feasibility and pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of a practical intervention for eliciting, setting and achieving goals for adults with asthma

Table 3 Patient demographic data and baseline characteristics

Variable	Intervention		Control		Total		Qualitative sub-group
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N (%)
Area
Region 1	10	(55.6%)	18	(60.0%)	28	(58.3%)	7 (50%)
Region 2	8	(44.4%)	12	(40.0%)	20	(41.7%)	7 (50%)
Total	18	(100.0%)	30	(100.0%)	48	(100.0%)	14 (100%)
Practice size
Large	10	(55.6%)	12	(40.0%)	22	(45.8%)	7 (50%)
Small	8	(44.4%)	18	(60.0%)	26	(54.2%)	7 (50%)
Total	18	(100.0%)	30	(100.0%)	48	(100.0%)	14 (100%)
Rurality
Urban	14	(77.8%)	7	(23.3%)	21	(43.8%)	8 (57%)
Rural	4	(22.2%)	23	(76.7%)	27	(56.3%)	6 (43%)
Total	18	(100.0%)	30	(100.0%)	48	(100.0%)	14 (100%)
Gender
Male	9	(50.0%)	12	(40.0%)	21	(43.8%)	7 (50%)
Female	9	(50.0%)	18	(60.0%)	27	(56.3%)	7 (50%)
Total	18	(100.0%)	30	(100.0%)	48	(100.0%)	14 (100%)
Age (years)
N	18		30		48		14
Missing	0		0		0		0
Mean	60.4		54.0		56.4		57.2
SD	18.01		13.39		15.42		17.6
95%-LCL	51.49		49.03		51.96
95%-UCL	69.40		59.03		60.92
Minimum	19		21		19		22
Q1	52.0		47.0		51.5
Median	64.5		56.0		57.5
Q3	75.0		62.0		67.0
Maximum	84		76		84		81
BTS/SIGN treatment
Step 1	1	(6%)	1	(3%)	2	(4%)
Step 2	2	(11%)	14	(47%)	16	(33.5%)	2 (14%)
Step 3	13	(72%)	14	(47%)	27	(56.25%)	12 (86%)
Step 4	2	(11%)	1	(3%)	3	(6.25%)

SD standard deviation, LCL lower confidence limit, UCL upper confidence limit, BTS British Thoracic Society, SIGN Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network

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