Identification of adults with symptoms suggestive of obstructive airways disease: Validation of a postal respiratory questionnaire

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.

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