Person filling in baseline questionnaire, n (%) |
Mother | 83 (86) | 84 (88) |
Father | 12 (12) | 12 (12) |
Other | 1 (1) | 0(0) |
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Age parent left full-time education, years, n (%) |
≤16 or under | 49(51) | 54(56) |
17-19 | 34 (35) | 21 (22) |
≥20, or still in full-time education | 13(14) | 21 (22) |
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Housing type, n (%) |
Council | 25 (26) | 23 (24) |
Owner occupier | 63 (66) | 68(71) |
Housing association or private landlord | 8(8) | 5(5) |
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Number of household members who smoke, n (%) |
None | 58 (60) | 59 (62) |
One | 29 (30) | 26 (27) |
More than one | 9(9) | 11 (12) |
Dog or cat in household? Yes, n (%) | 47 (49) | 45 (47) |
Central heating needed? Yes, n (%) | 20(21) | 20(21) |
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Child |
Age, mean years (SD) | 9.59 (2.95) | 9.57 (2.95) |
Sex, female n (%) | 42 (44) | 43 (45) |
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Parent-reported days off school in last 3 months, mean (SD); median, minimum, maximum |
Totala | 5.5(5.6); 3,0,23 | 7.3(8.7); 5,0, 50 |
Due to asthmab | 3.6(4.8); 2,0,23 | 4.9 (8.0); 2,0, 50 |
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Baseline PedsQL™, mean (SD)c |
Asthma subscales symptoms | 51.5 (20.0) | 50.6 (20.2) |
Treatment | 76.8(18.1) | 74.1 (19.1) |
Worry | 78.7(22.8) | 73.5(26.2) |
Communication | 72.0(28.2) | 75.2(27.4) |
Overall asthma scale | 66.6 (16.4) | 64.9(17.5) |
Physical scale | 69.3 (18.6) | 67.0 (22.0) |
Emotional | 66.8(22.5) | 61.4(26.1) |
Sociald | 79.3 (20.7) | 71.3 (24.8) |
School | 65.9(22.4) | 61.8(23.9) |
Overall psychosocial scale | 70.7(18.4) | 64.8(21.8) |