Quality of life and disease activity assessment in patients with chronic urticaria
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Methods The Brazilian Portuguese version of the CU-Q2oL was self-administered in 96 adults with CU treated at the outpatient clinic of a university hospital. Disease activity was assessed using the Urticaria Activity Score (UAS). The following characteristics were also studied: age, gender, type of urticarial and duration of disease. ANOVA was used to compare the results of CU-Q2oL between the different groups. The relationship between the CUQ2oL total score and dimensions and the UAS score was assessed by Pearson correlation coefficient.
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