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Table 1: Sociodemographic, clinical, and psychological data of the participants. |
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Variable |
n (%), Mdn (IQR) or rank |
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Gender Women Men |
198 (74.2) 69 (25.8) |
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Age [years] |
45 (23) |
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Residence México City State of Mexico Other* |
187 (70) 61 (22.8) 19 (7.2) |
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Education Basic High School Professional |
108 (40.5) 90 (33.7) 69 (25.8) |
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Occupation Professional/Labor Home No labor activity |
142 (53.2) 84 (31.5) 41 (15.3) |
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Marital status Living with a partner Single Other |
145 (54.4) 70 (27.7) 48 (17.9) |
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Evolution [months] |
108 (192) |
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Illness perception questionnaire-revised Timeline chronic Personal control Coherence Treatment control |
15 (4), 5-20 12 (2), 4-16 8 (2), 3-12 9 (2),3-12 |
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Beliefs about medicines questionnaire-specific Necessity Concern Necessity-concern differential |
15 (5), 5-20 12 (5) 5-20 3 (6) -10-15 |
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Medication adherence report scale-asthma Adherence Adherent > 19 Non-adherent |
19 (5) 5-20 106 (39.7) 161 (60.3) |
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Asthma control test Asthma control Control ≥ 20 No control ≤ 19 |
20 (7) 5-25 138 (51.6) 129 (48.4) |
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The sample was not normally distributed on the variables of illness perception, treatment perception, adherence behaviors, and asthma control (KSL = 0.085-2.13, p < 0.001). Mdn = median. IQR= Interquartile range. * Oaxaca, Hidalgo, Morelos, Tlaxcala, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Guerrero and Veracruz. |
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