Table 1: Variables associated with ownership of an action plan and the likelihood of wakening with asthma on a weekly basis or more frequently.

VARIABLE	n 349	ASTHMA PLAN		WAKEN WEEKLY
		%	ODDS RATIO	%	ODDS RATIO
Male Female	143 206	33.6 33.2	1.0 0.98(0.61-1.58)p=0.97	14.0 16.5	1.0 1.22(0.64-2.31)p=0.62
61+ Years 30-60 Years 15-29 Years	75 142 132	36.0 27.5 37.9	1.0 0.67(0.35-1.28)p=0.25 1.08(0.88-2.04)p=0.91	16.0 17.0 13.6	1.0 1.08(0.48-2.46)p=0.85 0.83(0.35-1.97)p=0.79
Migrant Australian	67 282	29.9 34.0	1.0 1.21(0.66-2.55)p=0.61	19.4 14.5	1.0 0.71(0.34-1.54)p=0.42
Post School Education No Post School Education	225 129	32.5 33.8	1.0 1.09(0.66-1.78)p=0.82	13.8 16.4	1.0 1.23(0.63-2.40)p=0.62
Low/Medium SES High SES	219 130	32.0 35.4	1.0 1.17(0.72-1.89)p=0.59	14.7 16.2	1.0 1.11(0.59-2.11)p=0.84
Normal Weight Overweight / Obese	168 152	35.3 30.3	1.0 0.79(0.48-1.13)p0.40	12.0 18.5	1.0 1.67(0.86-3.26)p=0.14
Know Cortico/Steroid Effect
-Wrong -Correct	103 162	32.0 44.4	1.0 1.7(0.98-2.94)p0.04	8.7 25.8	1.0 3.63(1.60-8.45)p=0.001
Use Cortico/Steroid Regularly
-No -Yes	147 202	21.8 41.6	1.0 2.56(1.54-4.26)p=0.001	12.3 17.7	1.0 1.53(0.80-2.96)p=0.22
No Home Nebuliser Have Home Nebuliser	282 67	29.1 50.7	1.0 2.51(1.41-4.48)p=0.001	12.8 30.8	1.0 1.96(0.96-3.95)p=0.04
No Peak Flow Meter Have Peak Flow Meter	296 53	26.6 71.7	1.0 6.99(3.50-14.14)p=<0.0001	12.8 30.8	1.0 3.02(1.45-6.27)p=0.002
Don’t always understand Asthma Understand Asthma	85 264	16.5 38.6	1.0 3.19(1.65-6.27)p=0.0003	16.5 15.2	1.0 0.91(0.45-1.87)p=0.91
Not enough information Enough information	117 232	15.5 55.5	1.0 6.77(3.98-11.56)p=<0.0001	18.8 10.9	1.0 0.53(0.27-1.03)p=0.06
Feel bad getting help Getting help OK	62 286	21.3 35.1	1.0 2.26(1.04-4.90)p=0.04	16.7 15.3	1.0 0.90(0.38-2.24)p=0.97
Not easy to see Doctor Easy access to Doctor	60 289	30.0 33.9	1.0 1.20(0.63-2.29)p=0.66	33.3 11.8	1.0 0.27(0.13-0.53)p<0.0001
Uncomfortable taking care of asthma Comfortable taking care of asthma	48 301	29.2 33.9	1.0 1.24(0.61-2.56)p=0.63	36.2 12.3	1.0 0.25(0.12-0.52)p<0.0001
Perception of Self Management Good Perception of Self Management Poor	38 311	33.1 33.4	1.0 1.05(0.47-2.32)p=0.96	13.7 29.4	1.0 2.62(1.09-6.25)p=0.03
Feel comfortable going to Hospital Not comfortable going to hospital	307 42	36.6 32.9	1.0 0.85(0.41-1.77)p=0.76	24.4 14.0	1.0 0.5(0.22-1.99)p=0.13
Hospital Admission last 12mths
-No -Yes	334 15	32.1 60.0	1.0 3.17(1.00-10.32)p=0.05	14.4 33.3	1.0 2.97(0.84-10.0)p=0.1
Days lost from Work/School
-No (last twelve months) -Yes (last twelve months)	302 47	31.1 46.8	1.0 1.95(1.00-3.79)p=0.05	13.6 27.7	1.0 2.42(1.11-5.25)p=0.02
Exercised Last Two Weeks No exercise last two weeks	188 161	31.4 35.4	1.0 1.20(0.75-1.92)p=0.5	13.3 18.1	1.0 1.34(0.72-2.51)p=0.31
Non / ex smoker Smoker	260 85	35.4 27.1	1.0 0.68(0.38-1.20)p=0.20	13.5 21.5	1.0 1.73(0.88-3.39)p=0.12
No Smoking bans in home Smoking bans in home	228 122	28.9 35.5	1.0 1.35(0.82-2.25)p=0.26	14.8 15.9	1.0 1.09(0.52-2.11)p=0.91
No Asthma Action Plan have an Asthma Action Plan	233 116			13.4 19.8	1.0 1.40(0.85-3.02)p=0.16

Table 2 Logistic Regression Analyses of Variables Associated with Ownership Of an Asthma Management Plan and Frequency of Wakening at Night with Asthma

VARIABLE (n=349)	Odds Ratio
Asthma Plan
No Peak Flow Meter Have Peak Flow Meter	1.0 4.32(2.91-8.43)p<0.0001
Don’t Always Understand Asthma Understand Asthma	1.0 2.01(1.01-4.02)p=0.05
Not enough information Enough information	1.0 4.32(2.11-8.85)p=0.0001
Use Cortico/Steroid Regularly
-No -Yes	1.0 2.08(1.21-3.58)p=0.007
Waken Weekly (Non-Smokers)
No Peak Flow Meter Have a Peak Flow Meter	1.0 7.32(2.59-20.07)p=0.002
Not enough information Enough information	1.0 0.12(0.04-0.39)p=0.003
Uncomfortable Taking Care of Asthma Comfortable taking care of asthma	1.0 0.30(0.14-0.77)p=0.01
No asthma action plan Asthma action plan	1.0 2.79(1.09-7.15)p=0.03
Waken Weekly (Smokers
Not easy to see Doctor Easy to see Doctor	1.0 0.28(0.10-0.79)p=0.04