Patient resources are recommended as a tool for the consistent monitoring of symptoms and routine management of CSU, as^1–3: 

• the severity of symptoms can change day to day⁴
• no established biomarkers currently exist for CSU^5,6
• key symptoms (such as itch and pain) can only be assessed subjectively

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Symptom control

UCT⁷*

Four questions

Quick

Retrospective (4 weeks)

Use at first consultation and every follow-up consultation

Disease severity

UAS7^8†

Two questions

Symptoms scored daily

Prospective (1 week)

Use at every follow-up consultation

Quality of life

DLQI^9‡

10 questions

Not specific to CSU

Retrospective (1 week)

Use at first consultation and every 6 months thereafter

View  the Understanding Urticaria resource for healthcare professionals to use in supporting their patients with CSU.

*Recommended for evaluating CSU control and monitoring CSU status in routine clinical practice by the EAACI/GA²LEN/EDF/WAO international urticaria guidelines.¹

^‡Recommended for monitoring quality of life of patients with urticaria by EAACI/ GA²LEN/EDF/WAO, NICE and the BSACI.^1,10

BAD, British Association of Dermatologists; BSACI, British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology; CSU, chronic spontaneous urticaria; DLQI, Dermatology Life Quality Index; EAACI, European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology; EDF, European Dermatology Forum; GA²LEN, Global Allergy and Asthma European Network; UAS7, urticaria activity score at seven days; UCT, urticaria control test; WAO, World Allergy Organization.

References

1. Zuberbier T et al. Allergy 2018;73(7):1393–1414.
2. Maurer M, et al. Allergy 2011;66:317–330
3. Moestrup K et al. Int J Dermatol 2017;56(12):1342–1348.
4. Flood EM et al. Patient 2013;6(3):225–231.
5. Kolkhir P et al. Clin Exp Allergy 2017;47(1):19–36.
6. Marzano AV et al. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2019;33(5):918–924.
7. Weller K et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2014;133(5):1365-1372, 1372 e1361–1366.
8. Mlynek A et al. Allergy 2008;63(6):777–780.
9. Finlay AY et al. Clin Exp Dermatol 1994;19(3):210–216.
10. Powell RJ et al. Clin Exp Allergy 2015;45(3):547–565.