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Table 2 Asthma-Related Symptoms in Children

From: Asthma in a Primary Health Care Center Serving a Poor Population: A Descriptive and Interventional Study

 

Total Patients, Baseline

First Follow-up

Average Next Follow-ups

Daytime symptoms per week

3 ± 2.6

1.3 ± 1.8*

0.8 ± 1.6

Nighttime symptoms per week

2.8 ± 2.5

1.6 ± 2.2**

0.7 ± 1.6

Cough days per week

4.1 ± 2.4

3.1 ± 2.7, NS

1.8 ± 2.4

Use of daytime rescue medication per week

3.7 ± 2.9

1.5 ± 1.8

0.9 ± 1.7

Use of nighttime rescue medication per week

3.1 ± 2.8

0.9 ± 1.5

0.6 ± 1.4

  1. *P < 0.05
  2. **P < 0.01
  3. P < 0.001
  4. NS indicates not significant.