Urticaria control assessment
The UCT is a developed and validated instrument to determine the level of disease control in all forms of CU. It was originally developed in German and it has been validated to brazilian portuguese by our group. Two forms of the UCT are available: the long form UCT (UCTlg) (8 questions) and the short form UCT (UCTsh) (4 questions). Because the results of both UCT forms have been found to correlate extensively, the more convenient UCTsh is primarily used, both, in clinical trials and routine patient care. The categorizing recommendation is poorly controlled CU (UCT <12) [n = 45] and well controlled CU (UCT ≥ 12).12,15