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Urticaria: impact on quality of life and economic cost.

O'Donnell, Brigid F
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O'Donnell, Brigid F
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Department of Dermatology, Children's University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin 1, Ireland; Department of Dermatology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland. Electronic address: brid.odonnell@cuh.ie.
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2014-02
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HEALTH INDICATOR
QUALITY OF LIFE
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URTICARIA
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https://hdl.handle.net/10147/305993
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Patients with urticaria suffer itch, swellings, fatigue caused by sleep disturbance and the side effects of medication, and disruption of many facets of their lives. Much progress has been made in formally evaluating the degree of quality-of-life (QoL) impairment suffered by patients with urticaria. This review focuses on QoL in chronic urticaria (>6 weeks duration) and examines QoL measures, including the chronic urticaria-quality of life questionnaire (CU-Q2oL). Patients with urticaria have difficulty identifying and coping with their emotions. The psychiatric comorbidity and the financial burden on the patient and society because of chronic urticaria, is also examined.
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en
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Urticaria: impact on quality of life and economic cost. 2014, 34 (1):89-104 Immunol Allergy Clin North Am
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1557-8607
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10.1016/j.iac.2013.09.011
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24262691
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