Chronic Urticaria and Its Impact on the Quality of Life of Nepalese Patients

Table 1

The mean DLQI scores for each item (questions) and their comparison with the gender Mann–Whitney U-test ( value).

DLQI questions	Mean score			value
Shortened names	Male	Female	All
(1) Symptoms	2.14	2.33	2.26	0.187
(2) Feeling	1.31	1.15	1.21	0.478
(3) Daily activities	1.12	0.94	1.00	0.347
(4) Choice of clothing	0.82	0.53	0.63	0.083
(5) Social/leisure	0.80	0.52	0.62	0.160
(6) Sports	0.94	0.40	0.58	0.001
(7) Work/study	1.69	0.51	0.91	0.001
(8) Relationships	0.65	0.23	0.38	0.003
(9) Sexual difficulties	0.35	0.12	0.20	0.019
(10) Treatment	0.67	0.40	0.49	0.033
Total	10.51	7.15	8.30	0.026

The mean scores of items 6 to 10 were significantly higher in males compared to females (p < 0.05), indicating males were more severely affected by CU in those areas.