TY - JOUR
T1 - Recommendations for assessing patient-reported outcomes and health-related quality of life in patients with urticaria: a GA(2) LEN taskforce position paper
AU - La Grutta, Stefania
AU - Bousquet, null
AU - Todo Bom, null
AU - Kocatürk, null
AU - Giménez-Arnau, null
AU - Fokkens, null
AU - Senna, Gianenrico
AU - Bousquet, null
AU - Canonica, Giorgio Walter
AU - Maurer, null
AU - Terreehorst, null
AU - Compalati, null
AU - Godse, null
AU - Brzoza, null
AU - Sanchez-Borges, null
AU - Mota-Pinto, null
AU - Ridolo, Erminia
AU - Baiardini, Ilaria
AU - La Grutta, Stefania
AU - Toubi, null
AU - Bindslev-Jensen, null
AU - Zuberbier, null
AU - Grattan, null
AU - Fiocchi, Alessandro
AU - Grob, null
AU - Lombardi, Carlo
AU - Gerth Van Wijk, null
AU - Saini, null
AU - Braido, Fulvio
AU - Kalogeromitros, null
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The aim of this Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA(2)LEN) consensus report is to provide recommendations and suggestions for assessing patient-reported outcomes (PROs) including health-related quality of life in patients with urticaria. We recommend that PROs should be used both in clinical trials and routine practice for the evaluation of urticaria patients. We suggest that PROs should be considered as the primary outcome of future clinical trials. Two validated and disease-specific instruments for assessing PROs are available, the urticaria activity score (for symptoms) and the chronic urticaria questionnaire on quality of life CU-Q(2)oL. This latter tool, CU-Q(2)oL, is available in many languages and should be preferred, where available, over more generic instruments for assessing urticaria-specific effects on quality of life. CU-Q(2)oL is only suited for the investigation of patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria. Similar instruments for other forms of urticaria have yet to be developed and validated. Also, tools for assessing other chronic spontaneous urticaria PROs besides quality of life and symptoms are needed.
AB - The aim of this Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA(2)LEN) consensus report is to provide recommendations and suggestions for assessing patient-reported outcomes (PROs) including health-related quality of life in patients with urticaria. We recommend that PROs should be used both in clinical trials and routine practice for the evaluation of urticaria patients. We suggest that PROs should be considered as the primary outcome of future clinical trials. Two validated and disease-specific instruments for assessing PROs are available, the urticaria activity score (for symptoms) and the chronic urticaria questionnaire on quality of life CU-Q(2)oL. This latter tool, CU-Q(2)oL, is available in many languages and should be preferred, where available, over more generic instruments for assessing urticaria-specific effects on quality of life. CU-Q(2)oL is only suited for the investigation of patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria. Similar instruments for other forms of urticaria have yet to be developed and validated. Also, tools for assessing other chronic spontaneous urticaria PROs besides quality of life and symptoms are needed.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/102864
M3 - Article
SN - 0105-4538
VL - 66
SP - 840
EP - 844
JO - Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
JF - Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
ER -