Appendix 1. List of Abbreviations

Abbreviation Full Form
AAS Angioedema Activity Score
AE-QoL Angioedema Quality of Life Questionnaire
AIS Athens Insomnia Scale
BAI Beck anxiety inventory
BDI Beck Depression Inventory
CESD Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression
CMS Concomitant Medication Score
COPE Multidimensional Coping Inventory
CUPP Chronic Urticaria Patient Perspective score
CU-Q2oL Chronic Urticaria Quality of Life Questionnaire
DASS21 Depression Anxiety Stress Scale
DLQI Dermatology Life Quality Index
DUS7 Drug Use Score 7
EQ-5D EuroQol-5 Dimension
ESS Epworth Sleepiness Scale
FSFI Female Sexual Function Index
FSS Fatigue Severity Scale
GAD-7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7
GHQ-28 General Health Questionnaire-28
GIC Global Index of Change
GRS Global Rating Scale
HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
HAMA Hamilton Anxiety Scale
HAMD Hamilton Depression Scale
HSS Hive Severity Score
IIEF International Index of Erectile Function
ISI Insomnia Severity index
ISS Itch Severity Score
MCS Mental Component Summary
NRS Numeric Rating Scale
OSS Outcome Scoring Scale
PBI Patient Patient Benefit Index
PCS Physical Component Summary
PDS Post-traumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale
PGA Patient Global Assessment
P-GIC Patient Global Impression of Change
Abbreviation Full Form
PSLE Presumptive Stressful Life Events
PSQ Perceived Stress Questionnaire
PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
PSS Perceived Stress Scale
PWI-A Personal Wellbeing Index
PWS Pruritus and Wheals Score
SCL90 Symptom Check List 90
SF-12v2 Short Form 12 item version 2
SF-36 Short Form 36 item
SF-6D Short-Form 6-Dimensions
SOC Sense of Coherence Questionnaire
SRRS Social Readjustment Rating Scale
SWLS Satisfaction with Life Scale
TPS Total Pruritus Score
TSS Total Severity Score
U-AIM Urticaria Activity and Impact Measure
UAS Urticaria Activity Score
UCT Urticaria Control Test
UPDD Urticaria Patient Daily Diary
USS Urticaria Severity Score
USS* Urticaria Symptom Score
VAS Visual Analogue Scale
WHO-5 5-item World Health Organization Well-being Index
WPAI Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire