The relationship of Fric test responses with an urticaria activity score, urticaria control test and quality of life scales in patients with symptomatic dermographism

IF 2.6 4区医学 Q2 DERMATOLOGY

Anais brasileiros de dermatologia Pub Date : 2025-07-07 DOI:10.1016/j.abd.2025.501147

Ömer Faruk Kıraç , Mustafa Tosun , Rukiye Yasak Güner , Melih Akyol

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Abstract

Background

The FricTest is used as a valuable tool for diagnosing and conducting threshold testing for Symptomatic Dermographism (SD).

Objective

In this study, the authors aimed to make a comparison between the Urticaria Activity Score (UAS), Urticaria Control Test (UCT), Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), and Chronic Urticaria-Specific Quality of Life (CU-QoL) used to evaluate disease activity and control in the follow-up of urticaria patients and the Fric Test responses used in the diagnosis of dermographism.

Methods

71 patients with SD were included in the study. Fric test 4.0 was performed in all patients at baseline and at month 1. The correlations of Fric test scores with UCT, UAS, VAS, DLQI, and CU-QoL at baseline as well as the changes in responses of treatment in the mean scores at month 1 were performed.

Results

In the correlation analyses, positive correlations were observed between UAS, DLQI, and CU-QoL scores and changes in Fric test 4.5 mm and 4 mm responses from baseline to the first month of treatment (p < 0.05). No significant correlations were found between Fric test 3.5 mm and 3 mm responses and CU-QoL, UAS, DLQI, and VAS scores (p > 0.05).

Study limitations

This study includes results from a small sample size, and larger-scale clinical trials are needed.

Conclusion

Changes in the Fric test 4.5 mm and 4 mm responses of treatment were found to be more sensitive in detecting UCT, UAS, CU-QoL, and DLQI changes than the responses of the Fric test 3.5 mm and 3 mm.

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有症状的皮肤病学患者的荨麻疹活动度评分、荨麻疹控制测试和生活质量量表与Fric测试反应的关系

背景：FricTest被用作诊断和进行症状性皮肤特征（SD）阈值测试的有价值的工具。目的比较在随访中用于评价荨麻疹患者疾病活动性和控制的荨麻疹活动度评分（UAS）、荨麻疹控制测试（UCT）、视觉模拟量表（VAS）、皮肤病生活质量指数（DLQI）和慢性荨麻疹特异性生活质量（CU-QoL）与用于皮肤统计学诊断的ric测试反应。方法选取71例SD患者作为研究对象。在基线和第1个月对所有患者进行Fric测试4.0。观察Fric测试分数与基线时UCT、UAS、VAS、DLQI、CU-QoL的相关性，以及第1个月时平均分数对治疗反应的变化。结果在相关分析中，UAS、DLQI和CU-QoL评分与Fric测试4.5 mm和4 mm反应从基线到治疗第一个月的变化呈正相关(p <；0.05)。Fric测试3.5 mm和3 mm反应与CU-QoL、UAS、DLQI和VAS评分之间无显著相关性(p >；0.05)。研究局限性：本研究样本量小，需要更大规模的临床试验。结论Fric试验4.5 mm和4mm对治疗后UCT、UAS、CU-QoL和DLQI变化的敏感性高于Fric试验3.5 mm和3mm。

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Anais brasileiros de dermatologia DERMATOLOGY-

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2.40

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184

审稿时长

32 days

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