Table 3 Care contacts for adults related to asthma or COPD within the overall study period and within the first year after diagnosis.
From: Asthma and COPD management of patients with intellectual disabilities in general practice
Type of care contacts related to asthma | Asthma - Overall study period | Asthma - In 1st year after diagnosis | Type of care contacts related to COPD | COPD - Overall study period | COPD - In 1st year after diagnosis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons intellectual disabilities and asthma (n = 107) | Matched controls asthma no intellectual disabilities (n = 214) | Persons intellectual disabilities and asthma (n = 30) | Matched controls asthma no intellectual disabilities (n = 54) | Persons intellectual disabilities and COPD (n = 48) | Matched controls COPD no intellectual disabilities (n = 94) | Persons intellectual disabilities and COPD (n = 15) | Matched controls COPD no intellectual disabilities (n = 37) | ||
Total number with ≥1 care contact of any category n (%) | 82 (52.6%) | 155 (49.7%) | 27 (90.0%) | 49 (90.7%) | Total number with ≥1 care contact of any category n (%) | 42 (61.8%) | 89 (66.9%) | 14 (93.3%) | 37 (100%) |
No contact | 25 (23.4%) | 59 (27.6%) | No contact | 6 (12.5%) | 5 (5.3%) | ||||
1–2 times | 22 (20.6%) | 52 (24.3%) | 1–10 times | 19 (39.6%) | 35 (37.2%) | ||||
3-10 times | 36 (33.6%) | 68 (31.8%) | 11–30 times | 14 (29.2%) | 43 (45.7%) | ||||
11+ times | 24 (22.4%) | 35 (16.4%) | 31+ times | 9 (18.8%) | 11 (11.7%) | ||||
Median (p25–p75) | 3 (1–9) | 2 (0–7.3) | 3 (1–7.3) | 3 (1–8) | Median (p25–p75) | 8 (2–23.4) | 12 (4–22) | 14 (0–11) | 11 (4–21.5) |
Care contacts subcategories | |||||||||
Practice consultations | |||||||||
Total number with ≥1 care contact n (%) | 80 (51.3%) | 141 (45.2%) | 27 (90.0%) | 43 (79.6%) | Total number with ≥1 care contact n (%) | 38 (55.9%) | 86 (64.7%) | 13 (86.7%) | 35 (94.6%) |
No contact | 27 (25.2%) | 73 (34.1%) | No contact | 10 (20.8%)** | 8 (8.5%)** | ||||
1–2 times | 31 (29.0%) | 49 (22.9%) | 1–10 times | 23 (47.9%)** | 47 (50.0%)** | ||||
3–10 times | 32 (29.9%) | 69 (32.2%) | 11–30 times | 7 (14.6%)** | 34 (36.2%)** | ||||
11+ times | 17 (15.9%) | 23 (10.7%) | 31+ times | 8 (16.7%)** | 5 (5.3%)** | ||||
Median (p25–p75) | 2 (0–6) | 1 (0–5) | 2 (1–4) | 3 (1–6.3) | Median (p25–p75) | 5 (1–20.3) | 8.5 (3–15) | 6 (2–23) | 8 (3.5–19) |
Telephone consultations | |||||||||
Total number with ≥1 care contact n (%) | 51 (32.7%) | 89 (28.5%) | 12 (40.0%) | 31 (57.4%) | Total number with ≥1 care contact n (%) | 33 (48.5%) | 66 (49.6%) | 14 (93.3%) | 25 (67.6%) |
No contact | 56 (52.3%) | 125 (58.4%) | No contact | 15 (31.3%) | 28 (29.8%) | ||||
1–2 times | 24 (22.4%) | 56 (26.2%) | 1–2 times | 14 (29.2%) | 29 (30.9%) | ||||
3–4 times | 13 (12.1%) | 16 (7.5%) | 3–4 times | 7 (14.6%) | 17 (18.1%) | ||||
5+ times | 14 (13.1%) | 17 (7.9%) | 5+ times | 12 (25.0%) | 20 (21.3%) | ||||
Median (p25–p75) | 0 (0–3) | 0 (0-1) | 0 (0–2.3) | 1 (0-2) | Median (p25–p75) | 1.5 (0–4.8) | 2 (0–4) | 2 (1–5) | 1 (0–4) |
Home visits during office hours | |||||||||
Total number with ≥1 care contact n (%) | 3 (1.9%) | 9 (2.9%) | 1 (3.3%) | 2 (3.7%) | Total number with ≥1 care contact n (%) | 18 (26.5%) | 24 (18.0%) | 4 (26.7%) | 4 (10.8%) |
No contact | No contact | 30 (62.5%) | 70 (74.5%) | ||||||
1–2 time | 1–2 time | 10 (20.8%) | 10 (10.6%) | ||||||
3+ times | 3+ times | 8 (16.7%) | 14 (14.9%) | ||||||
Median (p25–p75) | NA | NA | NA | NA | Median (p25–p75) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–0) |
Out-of-hours contacts | |||||||||
Total number with ≥1 care contact n (%) | 5 (3.2%) | 1 (0.3%) | Total number with ≥1 care contact n (%) | 4 (5.9%) | 6 (4.5%) | 0 | 3 (8.1%) | ||
1 time | 1 time | ||||||||
2–3 times | 2–3 times | ||||||||
>3 times | >3 times | ||||||||
Median (p25–p75) | NA | NA | Median (p25–p75) | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||
