Cross-cultural adaptation of the Brazilian-Portuguese version of the chronic urticaria quality-of-life questionnaire - CU-Q 2oL

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1487-1493

  Dias, G A C ^a   Pires, G V ^a   Valle, S O R ^a   Franca A T ^a   Papi, J A ^a   Dortas Jr , S D ^a   Levy, S A P ^a   Baiardini, I ^b   Canonica, G W ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

chronic urticaria; Portuguese; quality of life; questionnaire; validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHRONIC URTICARIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URTICARIA;

EID: 80053968381     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2011.02695.x     Document Type: Article

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