Chronic Urticaria: Indian Context—Challenges and Treatment Options
Table 1
Quality of life (QoL) studies in patients with chronic urticarial.
Study design, place
Methods used
Outcome
Reference
Questionnaire based study on 170 consecutive patients, London (UK)
Dermatology life quality index (DLQI) assessment in different urticarial groups
Moderate impairment in QoL in CU with physical urticaria; significantly higher impairment in patients with DPU and cholinergic urticaria (QoL affected areas: work/study, symptoms/feelings, leisure)
Questionnaire based study on 157 CU patients, Berlin (Germany)
CU-QoL, DLQI, and Skindex-29 questionnaires were completed
70% data variance in CU-QoL in functioning, sleep, itching/embarrassment, mental status, swelling/eating, and appearance; sleep and mental health significant areas are affected and women are more affected by pruritis
Cross-sectional observational study , Suwon (Korea)
CU-QoL and UAS; multiple linear regression for CU-QoL predictors
DPU, sunlight exposure, and emotional stress significantly influenced the overall CU-QoL scores (univariate analysis); multivariate regression models indicated that dermatographism and emotional stress were significant predictors of impairment of all four QoL domains