title: The persian version of the chronic urticaria quality of life questionnaire: factor analysis, validation, and initial clinical findings.
abstract: Chronic urticaria (CU) also known as chronic idiopathic urticaria results in a lowered quality of life (QoL). Disease specific questionnaires are necessary to assess QoL in CU patients. Chronic Urticaria Quality of Life Questionnaire (CU-Q2oL) is the only available and validated disease specific questionnaire in the assessment of QoL in CU patients originally developed in Italian language. The aim of the current study was to develop the Persian version of the CU-Q2oL with an acceptable reliability and validity.Using the standard methods provided by guidelines, CU-Q2oL was translated into Persian. A total number of 110 patients with confirmed diagnosis of CU were asked to fill the questionnaire. Determination of scales was performed in addition to checking the data for internal consistency and known group validity. Urticaria activity score 7 (UAS7) was used to assess the severity of the CU in the population study. The 6 dimensional scale of Persian CU-Q2oL was determined using the Exploratory Factor Analysis. About 68% of the variance was explained by these 6 factor structure higher than 59.9% of the original Italian version.All 6 factors showed acceptable internal consistency as measured by Cronbach α coefficient. There was a significant correlation between UAS7 and total CU-Q2oL score. UAS7 and the presence of angioedema were predictors of CU-Q2oL score.The Persian version of CU-Q2oL was shown to be a valid and reliable tool to be used in the future clinical studies. Cultural considerations must be kept in mind in adoption of CU-Q2oL to other languages.
authors.affiliation: Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. marzieh.tavakol@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Marzieh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tavakol
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. tavakol_m@razi.tums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Payam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mohammadinejad
authors.affiliation: Allergy and Respiratory Diseases Clinic, DIMI, University of Genoa, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genova, Italy. tavakol_m@razi.tums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Ilaria
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Baiardini
authors.affiliation: Allergy and Respiratory Diseases Clinic, DIMI, University of Genoa, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genova, Italy. tavakol_m@razi.tums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Fulvio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Braido
authors.affiliation: Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. tavakol_m@razi.tums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gharagozlou
authors.affiliation: Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran and Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. tavakol_m@razi.tums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Asghar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aghamohammadi
authors.affiliation: Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Rasool-e-Akram Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. tavakol_m@razi.tums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nabavi
authors.affiliation: Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. tavakol_m@razi.tums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dabbaghzade
authors.affiliation: Student ResearchCommittee,Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. tavakol_m@razi.tums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tavakol
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. tavakol_m@razi.tums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Afarideh
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran and Molecular Immunology Research Center, Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. tavakol_m@razi.tums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Nima
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rezaei
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014581:Urticaria / Q000523:psychology*