Improvement in symptoms and pulmonary function of asthmatic patients due to their treatment according to the Global Strategy for Asthma Management (GINA)

Table 1 The criteria for asthma severity score

Symptom	Frequency	Score
Night wheezing	None	0
	Sleeping well with a little wheezing	1
	Waking once at night	2
	Waking most of night	3
Night cough	None	0
	Sleeping well with a little cough	1
	Waking once at night	2
	Waking most of night	3
Exercise cough and wheezing	No existence during strong exercise	0
	Existence only during strong exercise	1
	Existence during climbing stairs	2
	Existence during ordinary activity	3
Morning cough, tightness, and wheezing	None	0
	Existence in case of exertion	1
	Mild symptoms without exertion	2
	Waking at the morning due to symptoms	3
Day time cough, tightness, and wheezing	None	0
	Once a day	1
	Two or more times a day	2
	Affecting day time activity	3
Total score		16

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