The purpose of the study is to evaluate the concordance of the most frequently used words by the patients and the physicians to express asthma symptoms and the limitations of daily activities caused by asthma.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of persistent asthma treated with inhaled corticosteroid-based maintenance treatment for at least 6 months and followed up by the investigator for at least the same period of time

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient with a cardiac disease (congestive heart failure, coronary heart disease)
• Patient with a respiratory disease other than asthma (COPD, sleep apnoea syndrome)

Primary care patients with persistent asthma treated with inhaled corticosteroid-based maintenance treatment for at least 6 months and followed up by thep hysician for at least the same period of time.