UNION HOSPITAL ASTHMA PROGRAM

Adult Asthma Test:

If you or your child has been told you have asthma, or even if you have occasional problems taking a good, breath, this simple test may help improve your life quality.

1. When I walk or do simple chores, I have trouble breathing or I cough.
2. When I perform heavier work, such as walking up hills and stairs or doing chores that involve lifting, I have trouble breathing or I cough.
3. Sometimes I avoid exercising or taking part in sports like jogging, swimming, tennis, or aerobics because I have trouble breathing or cough.
4. I have been unable to sleep through the night without coughing attacks or shortness of breath.
5. Sometimes I can’t catch a good deep breath.
6. Sometimes I make wheezing sounds in my chest.
7. Sometimes my chest feels tight.
8. Sometimes I cough a lot.
9. Dust, pollen and pets make my breathing more difficult.
10. Cold weather makes my breathing more difficult.
11. My breathing problem gets worse when I’m around tobacco smoke, fumes or strong odors.
12. When I catch a cold, it often goes to my chest.
13. I made one or more emergency visits to a doctor in the past year because of my breathing problems.
14. I had one or more overnight hospitalizations due to breathing problems in the past year.

Answer the following questions if you ever have been diagnosed with asthma:

1. I feel like I use my asthma inhaler too often.
2. Sometimes I don’t like the way my asthma medicine makes me feel.
3. My asthma medicine doesn’t control my asthma
4. My asthma controls my life more than I would like.
5. I feel tension or stress because of my asthma.
6. I worry that my asthma affects my health or may even shorten my life.

If you answered “yes” to one or more of the Asthma Check questions, asthma may be stopping you enjoying a good life quality.

Take these steps now:

Contact your doctor to discuss the Asthma Check and your breathing problems. If you have asthma, enroll in the Asthma Education Program at Union Hospital to help reduce your asthma symptoms and improve your quality of life.