Psychometric properties of the portuguese version of the chronic urticaria quality of life questionnaire (CU-Q2oL)

Table 4 QoL perception for different levels of sociodemographic and clinical variables

		Overall score	Pruritus	Swelling	Activities	Sleep	Limits	Looks
Gender	Female	27.6	42.5	17.8	19.6	35.5	29.7	25.5
	Male	16.8	33.6	8.2	13.8	22.9	18.1	10.5
	t	3.4	1.5	2.5	1.4	2.4	2.4	4.4
	Sig	0.001	0.136	0.013	0.180	0.016	0.019	< 0.001
Age (years)	< 35	26.0	44.2	15.0	21.2	29.7	26.5	25.2
	25–44	24.6	38.4	16.3	16.3	33.4	28.6	20.1
	≥ 45	25.3	39.4	15.3	17.4	34.9	27.0	22.2
	F	0.1	0.5	0.1	0.70	0.6	0.1	0.5
	Sig	0.943	0.586	0.960	0.496	0.562	0.906	0.611
Years of education	0–4	16.6	31.9	8.3	9.9	24.6	17.8	12.0
	5–9	28.2	41.7	20.0	19.9	37.5	31.9	24.1
	10–12	25.2	43.7	14.6	19.1	32.5	27.3	20.9
	> 12	25.6	38.8	14.4	19.2	31.6	26.3	26.2
	F	1.6	0.8	1.4	1.1	1.2	1.7	1.6
	Sig	0.196	0.517	0.230	0.335	0.297	0.176	0.190
Severity of pruritus	Absent	10.4	10.4	5.4	4.9	13.5	14.7	13.5
	Mild	18.8	29.2	8.0	10.9	29.6	21.0	17.3
	Moderate	33.3	57.2	23.1	27.1	42.5	32.8	26.5
	Severe	43.9	74.4	32.7	36.3	48.6	48.3	37.1
	F	24.3	64.6	11.5	20.0	14.5	12.9	5.7
	Sig	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.001
Severity of wheals	Absent	13.7	21.0	6.7	6.3	22.5	15.8	13.4
	Mild	26.84	41.5	13.7	18.0	37.7	28.7	24.3
	Moderate	36.7	60.2	27.3	32.2	39.0	38.5	32.6
	Severe	40.8	65.0	26.2	33.7	53.0	49.2	28.5
	F	15.3	22.8	7.4	17.2	6.6	11.2	5.1
	Sig	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.002
Angioedema	Yes	30.1	46.7	25.4	22.6	35.1	32.7	27.5
	No	20.4	33.1	7.4	13.1	30.3	23.2	18.0
	t	3.0	2.9	4.8	2.7	1.1	2.4	2.4
	Sig	0.003	0.004	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.259	0.017	0.018
Urticaria control	Poor	29.1	48.1	18.4	21.7	38.0	30.4	25.5
	Well	7.7	5.3	2.7	2.2	11.9	13.9	8.9
	t	10.1	14.6	6.1	9.3	7.7	4.6	5.2
	Sig	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

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