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Table 1

From: “What Bugs Me”: children’s lived experience of asthma

Issues of concern:

Children n=65

Parents n=25

* Coughing at night

39/65 (60%)

21/25 (84%)

Trouble breathing during gym

37/65 (57%)

14/25 (56%)

Can’t run

34/65 (52%)

7/25 (28%)

* Worried about dying

29/65 (45%)

4/25 (16%)

Coughing with laugh

22/65 (32%)

4/25 (16%)

Using puffers in public

22/65 (34%)

5/25 (52%)

Can’t have the pet I want

22/65 (34%)

11/25 (44%)

Missing activities when sick

22/65 (34%)

8/25 (32%)