Table 4 CHIQ grades. § Scale: none / a little bit / moderate / quite a bit / extreme; numbers of patients with the respective rating are given. Group comparisons were performed with Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA
Grade | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grade label | No to low impact | Moderate impact | Severe impact | Very severe impact | Extreme impact | - |
CHIQ result | 0-4 | 5-14 | 15-23 | 24-29 | 30-40 | - |
N (in present sample) | 3 | 23 | 44 | 43 | 42 | - |
Single item impact rating§ | 0 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 / 7 / 6 / 8 | 0 / 0 / 9 / 18 / 17 | 0 / 0 / 0 / 18 / 25 | 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 40 | - |
Attacks in last week | 3.3 ± 1.5 | 7.2 ± 6.1 | 11.0 ± 10.2 | 14.9 ± 12.4 | 16.0 ± 12.0 | H = 15.7, p = 0.003 |
Acute treatment uses in last week | 2.7 ± 2.5 | 4.8 ± 4.6 | 6.7 ± 7.1 | 5.4 ± 7.2 | 10.0 ± 8.0 | H = 16.5, p = 0.002 |
HIT-6 score | 48.7 ± 2.9 | 56.8 ± 4.4 | 60.2 ± 6.0 | 65.1 ± 4.5 | 69.4 ± 5.5 | H = 74.3, P < 0.001 |
HADS-anxiety | 4.0 ± 2.0 | 5.6 ± 3.2 | 5.9 ± 3.3 | 9.6 ± 3.8 | 12.2 ± 4.2 | H = 60.0, P < 0.001 |
HADS-depression | 2.0 ± 3.5 | 4.7 ± 4.3 | 5.7 ± 4.0 | 8.1 ± 4.9 | 11.6 ± 4.5 | H = 42.2, P < 0.001 |
PSS | 11.0 ± 7.0 | 12.5 ± 6.6 | 13.7 ± 6.2 | 19.5 ± 7.5 | 25.3 ± 6.7 | H = 56.0, P < 0.001 |