Table 4. Assessment Tools Used in Chronic Urticaria Clinical Studies (2016-2020)

Assessment Tools Number of articles Notes
Disease severity UAS7 265
UAS 99
 original  86
 modified  13 0-9 / 0-12 / 0-15 point
UCT 66
VAS 17
USS 7
TSS 7
AAS 6
ISS 5
Other 47 PGA(4), UPDD(4), CUPP(2), HSS(2), GRS(1), NRS(1), PWS(1), SCL90(1), TPS(1), U-AIM(1), USS*(1), Severity score for urticaria(1)
HRQoL DLQI 86
CU-Q2oL 65
AE-QoL 9
EQ-5D 6
Other 15 SF-36(4), VAS(4), Skindex-29(2), FSS(1), PWI-A(1), Skindex-16(1), SWLS(1), WHO-5(1)
Mental health HADS 7
Other 25 BDI(4), MCS(2), SF-6D(2), SF-12v2(2), VAS(2), BAI(1), CESD(1), COPE(1), DASS21(1), GAD-7(1), HAMA(1), HAMD(1), PSLE(1), PSS(1), PSQ(1), SOC(1), SRRS(1)
Treatment effectivenss other 17 VAS(4), GIC(2), P-GIC(1), OSS(1), GRS(1), PBI(1)
Others WPAI 11
Other 16 CMS(2), ESS(2), PCS(2), AIS(1), DUS7(1), FSFI(1), GHQ-28(1), IIEF(1), ISI(1), PDS(1), PSQI(1)
HRQoL; Health-related Quality of Life, Full terms of assessment tools listed in Appendix 1