Multivariate logistic regression for well-controlled asthma at 5 weeks
| Poorly controlled asthma at baseline | Partially controlled asthma at baseline | |||
| OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | |
| Patient group | ||||
| Routine care | Reference | Reference | ||
| eCARE | 0.90 (0.48 to 1.70) | 0.744 | 0.56 (0.32 to 0.98) | 0.043 |
| Age | 1.03 (1.00 to 1.06) | 0.070 | 1.03 (1.00 to 1.05) | 0.019 |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | Reference | Reference | ||
| Female | 0.59 (0.30 to 1.18) | 0.136 | 0.69 (0.38 to 1.25) | 0.222 |
| Race | ||||
| Chinese | Reference | Reference | ||
| Malay | 0.42 (0.18 to 0.98) | 0.044 | 0.88 (0.43 to 1.77) | 0.711 |
| Indian | 0.62 (0.24 to 1.59) | 0.319 | 0.54 (0.23 to 1.24) | 0.144 |
| Others | 1.55 (0.24 to 9.85) | 0.643 | 1.61 (0.29 to 9.13) | 0.588 |
| Duration of asthma (years) | 1.01 (0.98 to 1.03) | 0.602 | 0.99 (0.97 to 1.01) | 0.422 |
| Baseline ACT score | 0.92 (0.81 to 1.04) | 0.187 | 1.16 (0.95 to 1.41) | 0.140 |
| Smoking | 0.76 (0.36 to 1.61) | 0.471 | 0.60 (0.32 to 1.14) | 0.121 |
| Comorbidities, n | 0.83 (0.52 to 1.32) | 0.424 | 0.66 (0.43 to 1.03) | 0.065 |
| Initial place of asthma treatment | ||||
| GP | Reference | Reference | ||
| SOC | 0.47 (0.20 to 1.11) | 0.086 | 0.72 (0.34 to 1.55) | 0.405 |
| Polyclinic | 0.91 (0.41 to 2.04) | 0.819 | 0.83 (0.39 to 1.78) | 0.631 |
| Others | 0.43 (0.15 to 1.19) | 0.104 | 0.69 (0.30 to 1.60) | 0.391 |
ACT, asthma control test; GP, general practitioner; SOC, specialist outpatient clinic.