Arias-Cruz Alfredo, González-Díaz Sandra Nora, Macías-Weinmann Alejandra, Ibarra-Chávez Jesús Arturo, Sánchez-Guerra Daniel, Leal-Villarreal Lucía, Salinas-Díaz María Rocío
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Centro Regional de Alergia e Inmunología Clínica, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
Rev Alerg Mex. 2018 Jul-Sep;65(3):250-258. doi: 10.29262/ram.v65i3.398.
Chronic urticaria (CU) manifests itself with hives and sometimes angioedema. Physical and social discomfort worsens patient quality of life. CU has an important impact on patients' economy.
To evaluate the relationship of quality of life (QoL) with economic burden and chronic urticaria control of in patients treated at our center.
Cross-sectional, descriptive, observational study. We included CU-diagnosed adult patients. The CU-Q2oL and UCT questionnaires in Spanish and the economic burden and comorbidities questionnaire developed by our center were applied. A sample size of 36 patients was calculated.
36 patients were included, out of which 58.3% were females. Mean age was 39.9 ± 15.6 years. Regarding QoL, 66.7% of patients reported being "A little" affected, 25% "Somewhat" and 8.3% "A lot", and its relationship with monthly income yielded a p-value of 0.017. 38.9% of patients reported having a monthly income of less than $ 5000 pesos. When disease control was compared with the CU-Q2oL, a significant difference was obtained for questions concerning itching.
There was association between the quality of life of patients with chronic urticaria and monthly income, the lower the income, the more will the quality of life be affected. Furthermore, greater CU control was observed to reduce the negative effects on quality of life caused by itching.
慢性荨麻疹（CU）表现为风疹块，有时还伴有血管性水肿。身体和社交方面的不适会降低患者的生活质量。CU对患者的经济状况有重要影响。
评估在我们中心接受治疗的患者的生活质量（QoL）与经济负担及慢性荨麻疹控制情况之间的关系。
横断面、描述性观察研究。我们纳入了诊断为CU的成年患者。应用了西班牙语版的CU-Q2oL和UCT问卷以及我们中心编制的经济负担和合并症问卷。计算得出样本量为36例患者。
纳入36例患者，其中58.3%为女性。平均年龄为39.9±15.6岁。关于生活质量，66.7%的患者报告“有点”受到影响，25%“有些”受到影响，8.3%“受到很大”影响，其与月收入的关系得出p值为0.017。38.9%的患者报告月收入低于5000比索。将疾病控制情况与CU-Q2oL进行比较时，在瘙痒相关问题上获得了显著差异。
慢性荨麻疹患者的生活质量与月收入之间存在关联，收入越低，生活质量受影响越大。此外，观察到更好的CU控制可减少瘙痒对生活质量造成的负面影响。
