Table 1.

Respiratory Questionnaire Items

SymptomQuestions
Chronic cough1. Did you usually, at least 5 days per week, cough (when getting up or during the day or night) during a period of at least 3 consecutive months?
Chronic phlegm2. Did you usually, at least 5 days a week, bring up phlegm (when getting up, or during the day, or at night) for at least 3 consecutive months?
Chronic cough with phlegm3. Have you coughed up phlegm, more than usually, for at least 3 consecutive weeks in the last 12 months?
Wheezing4. Have you had wheezing in your chest in the last 12 months?
Tightness with wheezing5. Have you had attacks of tightness with wheezing in your chest (attacks of asthma) in the last 12 months?
Breathless, age6. Do you think that you get breathless more quickly than friends of your own age?
Breathless, upstairs7. Have you been breathless going upstairs or riding a bike at a normal pace at least once in the last 12 months?
Breathless, flat8. If yes, have you been breathless when you walked on the flat at a normal pace at least once in the last 12 months?
Smoking behavior9. Do you smoke? Have you ever smoked, and did you stop smoking?