Research Article
Pharmacist Led Intervention on Inhalation Technique among Asthmatic Patients for Improving Quality of Life in a Private Hospital of Nepal
Table 1
Demographic patterns of the patients.
| | Variables | Category | Test group n (%) | Control group n (%) | Total n = 72 |
| | Age | 18–28 | 2 (5.6) | 3 (8.3) | 5 (6.9) | | 29–38 | 7 (19.4) | 7 (19.4) | 14 (19.4) | | 39–48 | 5 (13.9) | 8 (22.2) | 13 (18.1) | | 49–58 | 7 (19.4) | 4 (11.1) | 11 (15.3) | | >59 | 15 (41.7) | 14 (38.8) | 29 (40.3) |
| | Gender | Male | 19 (59.3) | 13 (40.7) | 32 (44.4) | | Female | 17 (42.5) | 23 (57.5) | 40 (55.6) |
| | Marital status | Married | 25 (69.4) | 18 (50) | 43 (59.7) | | Unmarried | 2 (5.6) | 9 (25) | 11 (15.3) | | Divorced | 2 (5.6) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.8) | | Widow/widower | 7 (19.4) | 9 (25) | 16 (22.2) |
| | Family type | Nuclear | 17 (47.2) | 15 (41.6) | 32 (44.4) | | Joint | 13 (36.1) | 14 (38.8) | 27 (37.5) | | Extended | 6 (16.6) | 7 (19.4) | 13 (18.0) |
| | Education status | Illiterate | 14 (38.9) | 15 (41.7) | 29 (40.3) | | School level/SEE | 11 (30.6) | 12 (33.3) | 23 (31.9) | | Intermediate | 8 (22.2) | 6 (16.7) | 14 (19.4) | | Bachelor or above | 3 (8.3) | 3 (8.3) | 6 (8.3) |
| | Family source of income | Agriculture | 7 (19.4) | 5 (13.9) | 12 (16.6) | | Family business | 4 (11.1) | 4 (11.1) | 8 (11.1) | | Remmittance | 12 (33.3) | 9 (25.0) | 21 (29.1) | | Private/government job | 6 (16.7) | 10 (27.8) | 16 (22.2) | | Labor/daily wages | 2 (5.6) | 4 (11.1) | 6 (8.3) | | Pension | 5 (13.3) | 3 (8.3) | 8 (11.1) | | Others | 0 | 1 (2.8) | 1 (1.3) |
| | Duration of suffering from asthma | Less than 1 month | 1 (2.8) | 2 (5.6) | 3 (4.2) | | 6 month | 4 (11.1) | 4 (11.1) | 8 (11.1) | | 1 year | 5 (13.9) | 6 (16.7) | 11 (15.3) | | 2 years | 5 (13.9) | 10 (27.8) | 15 (20.8) | | More than two years | 21 (58.3) | 14 (38.9) | 35 (48.6) |
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n indicates number of patients and values in the brackets indicate percentage.
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