Table 1 Six key questions from the respiratory questionnaire and two markers of disease severity

Six key questions:

1) Have you had wheezing or whistling in your chest at any time*?

2) Have you woken up with a feeling of tightness in your chest*?

3) Have you been woken by an attack of shortness of breath at any time*?

4) Have you been woken by an attack of coughing at any time*?

5) Has any person in your family (parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers, or your children) had asthma?

6) Have you ever had hay fever or eczema?

*(in the last 12 months)

Markers of severity:

a) Breathlessness when wheezing was present.

b) Wheezing or whistling without a cold.