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Chronic urticaria has a significant long-term impact on major life-changing decisions—particularly in social, physical, and career domains—with younger and more severely affected patients experiencing the greatest burden. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To evaluate the long-term impact of chronic urticaria on major life-changing decisions and evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish Major Life Changing Decision Profile (MLCDP).

September 10, 2026JEADV Clinical PracticeOpen Access

Impact of Chronic Urticaria on Major Life‐Changing Decisions: Greater Burden in Social, Physical, and Job/Career Domains

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SÖSinem Örnek KCKübra Cüre DBDefne Başkurt

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Cross-sectional study reveals chronic urticaria alters major life decisions in Turkish patients, highlighting substantial burden in social and career domains.

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To evaluate the long-term impact of chronic urticaria on major life-changing decisions and evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish Major Life Changing Decision Profile (MLCDP).
Multicenter cross-sectional study of 111 Turkish-speaking patients with chronic urticaria aged 16 years or older.
Administered the linguistically validated 32-item Turkish MLCDP and other patient-reported outcome measures during follow-up visits.
Chronic urticaria influenced at least one major life-changing decision in 79.3% of participants, most frequently altering social (69.4%), physical (56.8%), job/career (36.9%), family/relationship (20.7%), and education (8.1%) domains.
The most common individual decisions affected included altering eating habits (60.4%), avoiding sports activities (31.5%), and choosing flexible work hours (23.4%).
Significantly higher rates of affected life decisions occurred in patients with disease onset ≤ 45 years versus > 45 years (82.2% vs. 58.8%, p < 0.05), recent emergency visits (93.8% vs. 74.4%, p < 0.05), and recent missed work or school days (100% vs. 73.6%, p < 0.05).

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Örnek et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa27be758559d80afc756bb https://doi.org/10.1002/jvc2.70433

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September 10, 2026JEADV Clinical PracticeOpen Access

Impact of Chronic Urticaria on Major Life‐Changing Decisions: Greater Burden in Social, Physical, and Job/Career Domains

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SÖSinem Örnek KCKübra Cüre DBDefne Başkurt

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Cross-sectional study reveals chronic urticaria alters major life decisions in Turkish patients, highlighting substantial burden in social and career domains.

Key Points

To evaluate the long-term impact of chronic urticaria on major life-changing decisions and evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish Major Life Changing Decision Profile (MLCDP).
Multicenter cross-sectional study of 111 Turkish-speaking patients with chronic urticaria aged 16 years or older.
Administered the linguistically validated 32-item Turkish MLCDP and other patient-reported outcome measures during follow-up visits.
Chronic urticaria influenced at least one major life-changing decision in 79.3% of participants, most frequently altering social (69.4%), physical (56.8%), job/career (36.9%), family/relationship (20.7%), and education (8.1%) domains.
The most common individual decisions affected included altering eating habits (60.4%), avoiding sports activities (31.5%), and choosing flexible work hours (23.4%).
Significantly higher rates of affected life decisions occurred in patients with disease onset ≤ 45 years versus > 45 years (82.2% vs. 58.8%, p < 0.05), recent emergency visits (93.8% vs. 74.4%, p < 0.05), and recent missed work or school days (100% vs. 73.6%, p < 0.05).

Cite This Study

Örnek et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa27be758559d80afc756bb https://doi.org/10.1002/jvc2.70433

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