Associations between asthma death and significant health behaviour and psychosocial factors (n=1064)
| Odds ratio (95% CI) adjusted for sex | Odds ratio (95% CI) adjusted for sex and the other psychosocial factors | Odds ratio (95% CI) adjusted for sex, the other psychosocial factors and other factors* | p value from full model | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The above ORs (adjusted for other psychosocial factors) were obtained from a multiple conditional logistic regression including all of the above psychosocial factors. | ||||
| *Other factors are COPD (defined as mention of COPD, COAD, chronic bronchitis or emphysema), obesity, and age of onset (including missing data). | ||||
| Financial/employment problems mentioned ever | 1.44 (1.10 to 1.87) | 1.55 (1.16 to 2.07) | 1.45 (1.07 to 1.95) | 0.01 |
| Drug/alcohol abuse mentioned ever | 1.43 (1.06 to 1.92) | 1.21 (0.87 to 1.68) | 1.19 (0.85 to 1.66) | 0.31 |
| Anxiety/prescribed antidepressant mentioned ever | 0.63 (0.48 to 0.81) | 0.52 (0.39 to 0.70) | 0.52 (0.38 to 0.70) | <0.001 |
| Sexual problems mentioned ever | 0.45 (0.24 to 0.82) | 0.49 (0.26 to 0.93) | 0.46 (0.24 to 0.90) | 0.02 |
| Psychosis mentioned ever/prescribed psychoses drugs in previous 5 years | 1.69 (1.08 to 2.63) | 1.89 (1.15 to 3.12) | 2.06 (1.23 to 3.45) | 0.005 |
| Learning difficulties mentioned in previous 5 years | 3.07 (1.31 to 7.20) | 2.79 (1.16 to 6.73) | 2.62 (1.09 to 6.33) | 0.02 |
| Repeated non-attendance/poor inhaler technique mentioned ever | 1.55 (1.18 to 2.04) | 1.47 (1.10 to 1.96) | 1.49 (1.10 to 2.00) | 0.008 |