Diagnosis of Asthma in Primary Health Care: A Pilot Study

Table 2

The five most reported symptoms based on questionnaire no. 1. Group I–IV.

	Group I; 𝑁=12	Group II; 𝑁=19	Group III; 𝑁=5	Group IV; 𝑁=7
Phlegm	12 (100%)	18 (95%)	4 (80%)	7 (100%)
Heavy breathing	9 (75%)	16 (84%)	0 (0%)	4 (58%)
Chest pressure/pain	9 (75%)	9 (47%)	0 (0%)	2 (29%)
Cough	2 (16%)	12 (63%)	5 (100%)	3 (29%)
Wheezing	6 (50%)	7 (37%)	0 (0%)	3 (43%)