From: Symptoms and markers of symptom severity in asthma—content validity of the asthma symptom diary
Symptoms | Most frequent | Most severe | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Day | Night | Day | Night | |||||
Adults | Adolescents | Adults | Adolescents | Adults | Adolescents | Adults | Adolescents | |
Breathing difficulties | 18 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
Wheezing | 9 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 8 |
Coughing | 6 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
Chest discomfort | 13 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
Tiredness | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Dizziness and lightheadedness | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Allergic symptoms | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Throat closing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |