Baseline characteristics of patients
| eCARE (n=212) | Routine (n=212) | P value | |
| ACT score, mean (SD) | 13.9 (3.4) | 14.4 (3.6) | 0.139 |
| Asthma control, n (%) | 0.024 | ||
| Poor (5–14) | 106 (50.0) | 82 (38.7) | |
| Partial (15–19) | 106 (50.0) | 130 (61.3) | |
| Duration of asthma (years), mean (SD) | 23.6 (16.4) | 28.2 (18.4) | 0.006 |
| Age, mean (SD) | 37.1 (12.6) | 40.5 (15.9) | 0.017 |
| Gender, n (%) | 0.377 | ||
| Male | 85 (40.1) | 95 (44.8) | |
| Female | 127 (59.9) | 117 (55.2) | |
| Race, n (%) | 0.119 | ||
| Chinese | 42 (19.8) | 62 (29.2) | |
| Malay | 113 (53.3) | 99 (46.7) | |
| Indian | 47 (22.2) | 45 (21.2) | |
| Others | 10 (4.7) | 6 (2.8) | |
| Smoking, n (%) | 54 (25.5) | 64 (30.2) | 0.329 |
| Comorbidities, n (%) | 0.373 | ||
| 0 | 181 (85.4) | 170 (80.2) | |
| 1 | 21 (9.9) | 26 (12.3) | |
| 2 | 6 (2.8) | 13 (6.1) | |
| 3 | 2 (0.9) | 1 (0.5) | |
| 4 | 1 (0.5) | 2 (0.9) | |
| 5 | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Receiving treatment, n (%) | 0.668 | ||
| GP | 86 (40.6) | 95 (44.8) | |
| SOC | 49 (23.1) | 40 (18.9) | |
| Polyclinic | 46 (21.7) | 49 (23.1) | |
| Others | 31 (14.6) | 28 (13.2) |
ACT, asthma control test; GP, general practitioner; SOC, specialist outpatient clinic.