Table 2 Asthma symptoms and severity in usual care and intervention groups of patients at the beginning, middle and the end of the study

Night wheezing

2.12 ± 0.90

1.73 ± 0.92

NS

1.50 ± 0.98

0.50 ± 0.58

***

2.00 ± 0.98

0.19 ± 0.40

***

Night coughing

1.67 ± 1.09

1.81 ± 1.17

NS

1.08 ± 0.83

0.42 ± 0.64

**

1.25 ± 1.07

0.15 ± 0.37

***

Exercising W and C

2.04 ± 0.85

1.81 ± 0.85

NS

1.50 ± 0.83

0.73 ± 0.60

***

1.79 ± 0.83

0.27 ± 0.45

***

Morning W and C

1.50 ± 1.06

1.42 ± 1.03

NS

1.08 ± 093

0.38 ± 0.64

**

1.21 ± 1.02

015 ± 0.37

***

Daily

W and C

1.79 ± 1.02

1.88 ± 0.86

NS

1.54 ± 1.02

0.42 ± 0.64

***

1.63 ± 0.88

0.16 ± 0.37

***

Weekly

W and C

5.79 ± 2.25

5.23 ± 1.90

NS

4.67 ± 1.97

1.38 ± 1.17

***

5.46 ± 2.06

0.35 ± 0.56

***

Chest wheezing

2.33 ± 0.76

2.19 ± 0.63

NS

1.83 ± 0.76

0.54 ± 0.65

***

2.13 ± 0.80

0.31 ± 0.47

***

Asthma severity

2.67 ± 1.01

2.23 ± 0.82

NS

2.38 ± 0.88

1.11 ± 0.52

***

2.54 ± 1.02

1.00 ± 0.40

***