title: Clinical Measures of Chronic Urticaria.
abstract: The use of standardized, valid, and reliable clinical measures is an important element in modern patient management, particularly in diseases that are not objectively assessable and are associated with a high disease burden. Chronic urticaria is such a disorder for which several new and well-developed clinical measures became available. These measures comprise tools to assess disease activity, disease control, and health-related quality-of-life impairment. This review provides an overview of the currently available clinical measures for chronic urticaria. In addition, it provides information on their strengths and limitations and how to best use them and evaluate their results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Allergie-Centrum-Charité, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Chariteplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: karsten.weller@charite.de.
authors.forename: Karsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Weller
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Allergie-Centrum-Charité, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Chariteplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Siebenhaar
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Allergie-Centrum-Charité, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Chariteplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hawro
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Allergie-Centrum-Charité, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Chariteplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Altrichter
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Allergie-Centrum-Charité, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Chariteplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schoepke
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Allergie-Centrum-Charité, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Chariteplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maurer
mesh_terms: D000799:Angioedema / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014581:Urticaria / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Angioedema; Disease activity; Disease control; Patient reported outcome; Quality of life; Urticaria