Table III.

Association of Type D personality with different quality of life indexes

	Type D personality + Mean (SD)	Type D personality – Mean (SD)	p-value
Overall DLQI	10.76 (1.53)	7.09 (0.95)	0.04
DLQI – Pruritus, pain, discomfort	1.80 (0.21)	1.70 (0.13)	0.25
DLQI – Embarrassment, self-consciousness	1.19 (0.23)	0.91 (0.14)	0.31
DLQI – Interference in daily activities	1.00 (0.18)	0.51 (0.11)	0.02
DLQI – Chose of clothes	1.57 (0.24)	1.07 (0.15)	0.04
DLQI – Social or leisure activities	1.28 (0.21)	0.67 (0.13)	0.01
DLQI – Sport	1.33 (0.21)	0.62 (0.13)	0.007
DLQI – Work and study	0.71 (0.19)	0.53 (0.11)	0.43
DLQI – Social relationships	0.76 (0.58)	0.51 (0.11)	0.11
DLQI – Sexual difficulties	0.61 (0.23)	0.72 (0.14)	0.70
DLQI – Treatment inconveniences	0.47 (0.14)	0.27 (0.09)	0.26
Overall CUQoL	37.78 (4.60)	25.08 (2.87)	0.02
CUQoL – Pruritus	44.64 (6.49)	37.27 (4.05)	0.34
CUQoL – Swelling	22.61 (5.18)	14.81 (3.23)	0.20
CUQoL – Daily activities	32.73 (5.22)	20.37 (3.25)	0.04
CUQoL – Sleep disturbances	42.61 (5.25)	29.35 (3.46)	0.04
CUQoL – Limitations	42.85 (5.29)	24.69 (3.42)	< 0.01
CUQoL – Aspect	39.28 (5.63)	25.92 (3.51	0.04
HADS – Anxiety score	9.38 (0.92)	6.53 (0.97)	0.01
HADS – Depression score	8.33 (0.82)	5.53 (0.52)	< 0.01
NRS sexual activity	3.95 (0.81)	3.48 (0.50)	0.19
FSFI index	18.8 (1.9)	19.35 (1.35)	0.80
IIEF index	13.88 (2.16)	15.76 (1.44)	0.47
PSQI	11.47 (0.99)	8.77 (0.61)	0.02

CUQoL: Chronic Urticaria Quality of Life questionnaire; DLQI: Dermatology Quality of Life Index; FSFI Female Sexual Function Index; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; IIEF: International Index of Erectile Function; PSQI: Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index; NRS: numerical rating scale; SD: standard deviation.

All the comparisons have been performed with Student’s t-test. Bold means p-value within statistical significance (p < 0.05).