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Table 3 Cutoff values for the UCT to screening patients for well and poorly controlled disease

From: Validity, reliability and interpretability of the Thai version of the urticaria control test (UCT)

Thai UCT score (Long Form)

Patient’s global assessment of disease control (PatGA-LS)

2nd visit

 

3rd visit

 

Well-controlled patients (n = 100)

Well-controlled patients (n = 94)

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

20.0

75.2

81.3

92.9

44.7

21.0

77.0

76.8

92.9

53.2

22.0

76.8

75.4

89.8

59.6

23.0

81.2

73.5

87.8

68.1

24.0

90.6

72.6

84.7

78.7

25.0

94.6

71.4

79.6

87.2

26.0

95.7

66.0

73.5

93.6

AUC

0.89 (0.84-0.94)

0.90 (0.85-0.95)

Thai UCT score (Short Form)

Patient’s global assessment disease control (PatGA-LS)

2nd visit

3rd visit

Well-controlled patients (n = 100)

Well-controlled patients (n = 94)

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

9.0

67.6

93.9

95.9

48.9

10.0

72.6

91.1

93.9

63.8

11.0

76.6

84.5

90.8

80.9

12.0

92.0

84.0

79.6

93.6

13.0

97.0

70.9

61.2

97.9

AUC (95 % CI)

0.93 (0.89-0.97)

0.93 (0.89-0.97)

  1. Abbreviations: AUC (95 % CI): area under the curve (95 % confidence interval)
  2. Bold entries indicate the most important results