A 6 months NIS to evaluate the use of rescue medication and quality of life in adult asthmatic subjects treated with Symbicort® SMART®

Inclusion Criteria

• - Confirmed diagnosis of asthma demonstrating a reversible obstruction during the last 5 years prior to visit 1.
• - Patients being prescribed either Symbicort SMART or a free combination of ICS and LABA with SABA as rescue inhaler and being on that treatment for at least 3 month.
• - A history (documented in the patient's file) of at least one severe asthma exacerbation within 24 months prior to visit 1 but not within the last 30 days prior to Visit 1.
• - A severe asthma exacerbation is defined as a deterioration of asthma leading to at least one of the following:
• *Oral/systemic GCS treatment due to asthma for at least 3 days
• *Unscheduled health-care visit due to asthmaHospitalization or emergency room visit because of asthma requiring treatment with oral/systemic GCS