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Table 1 Participants' demographic information (N = 146)

From: The use of mobile phone functionalities by patients with asthma and their desire to use for self-care purposes

Demographic variable

Frequency

Percentage

Gender

  

 Female

91

62.3

 Male

55

37.7

Age (years)

  

 25 and younger

48

32.9

 25–45

67

45.9

 45 and above

31

21.2

 Mean ± SDa

34.4 ± 13.3

Education level

  

 Bachelor's degree or less

65

44.5

 Higher than bachelor's degree

81

55.5

Place of residence

  

 City

144

98.6

 Village

2

1.4

Duration of asthma

  

 9 years or less

119

81.5

 More than 9 years

27

18.5

 Mean ± SD

4.97 ± 4.594

 

Severity of asthmab

  

 Mild persistent

62

42.5

 Moderate persistent

44

30.1

 Severe persistent

14

9.6

 Intermittent

7

4.8

 Not known

19

13

  1. aStandard Deviation (SD)
  2. bClassified according to the Expert Panel Report 3 (EPR-3): Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma [30]