Validity, reliability, and sensitivity to change of the traditional Chinese Urticaria Control Test (UCT) in Hong Kong.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Uncontrolled chronic urticaria (CU) can severely affect physical and psychosocial health as well as quality of life. Patient-reported outcome measures are crucial for measuring disease control. The Urticaria Control Test (UCT) is recommended by guidelines to monitor CU and guide clinical management. However, the traditional Chinese version of the UCT has not yet been validated.

Objective

We sought to validate the traditional Chinese UCT among Chinese CU patients in Hong Kong.

Methods

Patients with CU were enrolled at a Urticaria Centre of Reference and Excellence (aka UCARE) in Hong Kong and completed the traditional Chinese UCT. The internal consistency, test-retest reliability, construct validity, convergent validity, known-group validity, and sensitivity

SUBMITTER: Mak HWF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11261091 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature