Table I.

Items from the established PAQLQ that were eliminated in constructing the pictorial PAQLQ

Activity subscale	Emotions subscale
Items 1–3: How much have you been bothered by your asthma in (activity 1, 2, or 3) during the past week? (activities are chosen by the child from a list of activities.)	Item 5: How often did your asthma make you feel frustrated during the past week?
Item 22: Think about all of the activities that you did during the past week. How much were you bothered by your asthma doing these activities?	Item 15: How often did you feel frustrated because you couldn’t keep up with others during the past week?
	Item 17: How often did you feel uncomfortable because of your asthma during the past week?

Note. PAQLQ = Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire.