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Table 2. Tools to assess the impact of chronic urticaria on quality of life.

There are a number of recently developed tools specifically for urticaria to assess severity and impact on quality of life.

Tool	Description
Urticaria Activity Score (UAS7)	Prospective tool, patients record severity of itch and number of wheals daily, must be recorded by patient for 7 consecutive days, assesses disease activity ⁷
Urticaria Control Test (UCT)	Retrospective tool, four-item questionnaire to determine control of disease ⁸
Chronic Urticaria Quality of Life Questionnaire (CU-Q2oL)	Retrospective tool, 23-item questionnaire, assesses quality of life ⁹
Urticaria Severity Score (USS)	Instrument for monitoring severity, 12 questions ¹⁰