Asthma and its management at a student health service.

Of 96 asthmatic students 62 said their asthma had not required them to give up any activity but only seven said it had not interfered in some way with their sport. Thirty-nine regarded their asthma as an annoyance and 13 of these were angered by it. Fifty-seven respondents took treatment continuously and the most favoured agent in attacks was salbutamol. Peak flow meters were not used regularly except by six students. About two-thirds had significant deficiencies in their knowledge of asthma and the most popular source of information was the general practitioner. Only 30 had read the Asthma Foundation pamphlets.