Clinical Study
Diagnosis of Asthma in Primary Health Care: A Pilot Study
Table 5
Most reported symptom-inducing trigger factors based on questionnaire no. 1.
| | Trigger factor | Group I
(%) | Group II
(%) | Group III
(%) | Group IV
(%) |
| | Walking up hills/stairs | 10 (83) | 10 (53) | 2 (40) | 6 (86) | | Cold air | 7 (58) | 8 (42) | 3 (60) | 4 (57) | | Mental stress | 3 (25) | 4 (21) | 1 (20) | 4 (57) | | Tobacco smoke | 3 (25) | 7 (37) | 1 (20) | 4 (57) | | Flowers | 3 (25) | 4 (21) | 0 (0) | 5 (71) | | Perfume | 3 (25) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (71) | | Exhaust gases | 3 (25) | 3 (16) | 0 (0) | 2 (29) |
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