Table 1 Types of questions and respective weights in the questionnaire for patients in Group A
From: Who has anaphylaxis in Brazil? Validation of a questionnaire for population studies
Type of question | Question | Weight |
|---|---|---|
Medical diagnosis suggestive of anaphylaxis | 2.0 | 10 |
Symptoms | ||
Rashes on the face and on the neck | 3.1 | 1 |
Rashes on other parts of the body | 3.2 | 1 |
Itchy scalp | 3.3 | 2 |
Itching around the whole body | 3.4 | 1 |
Swollen eyes | 3.5 | 3 |
Swollen lips | 3.6 | 3 |
Swollen tongue | 3.7 | 3 |
Swollen genitals (private parts) | 3.8 | 3 |
Other swollen body parts | 3.9 | 3 |
Urticaria (hives) | 3.10 | 3 |
Shortness of breath and/or cough and/or wheezing | 3.11 | 1 |
Pallor | 3.12 | 1 |
Cyanosis (purple extremities like nails, ear and lips) | 3.13 | 4 |
Difficulties in speaking and/or changes in voice or crying | 3.14 | 2 |
Difficulties in swallowing | 3.15 | 4 |
Difficulties in thinking | 3.16 | 2 |
Loss of consciousness or fainting | 3.17 | 5 |
Cramps or stomach ache | 3.18 | 1 |
Vomiting | 3.19 | 3 |
Involuntary urination of fecal elimination | 3.20 | 4 |
Other symptoms | 3.21 | 1 |
Time from onset to full-blown crisis | ||
Less than 5 min | 3.22–1 | 5 |
Between 5 and 30 min | 3.22–2 | 4 |
Between 30 min and 2 h | 3.22–3 | 3 |
Between 2 and 8 h | 3.22–4 | 2 |
Between 8 and 24 h | 3.22–5 | 1 |
More than 24 h | 3.22–6 | -8 |
Does not know/does not remember | 3.22–7 | 0 |
Treatment compatible with anaphylaxis | 4 and 5 | 2 |
Treatment incompatible with anaphylaxis | 4 and 5 | −4 |
How much time passed until back to normal | ||
Less than 12 h | 6.1 | 1 |
Between 12 and 24 h | 6.2 | 1 |
Between 24 and 72 h | 6.3 | 1 |
Between 3 and 7 days | 6.4 | −2 |
More than 1 week | 6.5 | −5 |
Does not know/does not remember | 6.6 | 0 |
Triggers | ||
Food | 8.1 | 1 |
Medications | 8.2 | 1 |
Insect (just Hymenoptera) | 8.3 | 7 |
Latex | 8.4 | 1 |
Exercise | 8.5 | 1 |
Surgical or medical procedure | 8.6 | 1 |
Dust | 8.7 | −3 |
Emotional | 8.8 | −5 |
Other | 8.9 | 1 |
Does not know/does not remember | 8.10 | 0 |