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Table 1 Quality-of-life specific instruments in patients with allergic contact dermatitis

From: Quality of life in patients with allergic and immunologic skin diseases: in the eye of the beholder

QoL specific tool

References [PMID]

Total no. items

Recall period

Indications

Limitations in patients with ACD

Contact Dermatitis-Specific Questionnaire

Ayala et al. [38] [20233546]

20

Last 6 months

Patients with contact dermatitis

Rarely used in the literature

Fragrance Quality of Life Index (FQLI)

Heisterberg et al. [57] [24600708]

13

Currently

Patients with fragrance allergy

Use is limited to fragrance-related allergic contact dermatitis

Quality of Life in Hand Eczema Questionnaire (QOLHEQ)

Ofenloch et al. [41] [24397866]

30

Last 7 days

Patients with hand eczema

Use is limited to hand involvement

ACD-11

Raffi et al. [35] [32049717]

11

Last 4 weeks

Patients with allergic contact dermatitis

Symptoms domain does not include pruritus, functioning domain does not include work impairment