Table 1

 Questionnaire

Once a specific symptom was reported the duration was specified as: a) less than 1 week; b) 1–2 weeks; c) 2–3 weeks; or d) more than 3 weeks.
1) Did your child experience a daily cough in the preceding 3 months?
     What was the duration of daily cough?
2) Did your child experience any breathing difficulty in the preceding
     3 months?
     What was the duration of difficult breathing?
3) Did your child experience any chest pain in the preceding 3 months?
     What was the duration of chest pain?
4) Did your child cough up any blood in the preceding 3 months?
5) Did your child experience any deterioration in appetite in the
     preceding 3 months?
     What was the duration of appetite loss?
6) Did your child lose any weight in the preceding 3 months?
     What was the duration of weight loss?
7) Did your child experience any abnormal lethargy/fatigue in the
     preceding 3 months?
     What was the duration of abnormal fatigue/lethargy?
8) Did your child experience daily or recurrent fever in the preceding
     3 months?
     What was the duration of daily or recurrent fever?
9) Did your child experience night sweats in the preceding 3 months?
     What was the duration of night sweats?