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Table 2 Characteristics of international multicenter study (phase I) and the re-test (phase II) sample groups

From: Psychometric study of the SF-36v2 in hereditary angioedema due to C1 inhibitor deficiency (C1-INH-HAE)

Characteristics

 

N total (N/A)

Phase I

  

Age (years) (mean ± SD)

41.5 ± 14.6

290 (0)

Gender (male /female) n (%)

90 (31) /200(69)

290 (0)

C1-INH-HAE type

 

270 (20) *

Type I, n (%)

232 (85.9)

 

Type II, n (%)

38 (14.1)

 

Age at onset of symptoms (years) (mean ± SD)

11.8 (9.6)

274 (16)

Age at HAE diagnosis (years) (mean ± SD)

26.4 (14.9)

284 (6)

Delayed HAE diagnosis (years) (mean ± SD)

14.4 (13,9)

271 (19)

Diagnosis before the onset of symptoms, n (%)*

11 (4)

273 (17)

C1-INH-HAE severity †

 

273 (17)

Asymptomatic, n (%)

10 (3.7)

 

Mild, n (%)

62 (22.7)

 

Moderate, n (%)

89 (32.6)

 

Severe, n (%)

112 (41.0)

 

Intubation/tracheotomy requirement ever in life, n (%)

34 (11.8)

287 (3)

Type of residence

 

284 (6)

Rural / semi-urban (< 25.000 inhabitants), n (%)

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125 (44.0)

 

Urban (≥ 25.000 inhabitants), n (%)

159 (56,0)

 

Level of education

 

290 (0)

No schooling/primary school, n (%)

72 (24,8)

 

High school/further studies, n (%)

218 (75.2)

 

Socioeconomic level

 

280 (10)

Low / medium low, n (%)

173 (61.79)

 

Medium high / high, n (%)

107 (38.21)

 

Number of emergency visits in the last 6 months

 

250 (40)

0, n

149

 

1–5, n

70

 

6–10, n

16

 

 ≥ 11, n

15

 

Number of AE attacks in the last 6 months,

 

2592 (0)

Mean ± SD

9.3 ± 14.3

280 (10)

Median (range)

2 (0–111)

 

Maintenance treatment, n (%)

 

282 (8)

Yes n (%)

146 (51.8)

 

No n (%)

136 (48.2)

 

Type of maintenance treatment

 

277 (13)

Attenuated androgens, yes n (%)

101 (36.5)

 

Antifibrinolytics, yes n (%)

18 (6.5)

 

pdC1INH, yes n (%)

15 (5.4)

 

Others (desogestrel), yes n (%)

2 (0.7)

 

Several, yes n (%)

5 (1.7)

 

Inadequate medical treatment of AE episodes in the last 6 months n (%)

34 (12.3)

276 (14)

Psychiatric/psychological care or

treatment (in the last 6 months), n (%)

31 (11.1)

279 (11)

pdC1INH at home

 

282 (8)

No + not available n (%)

96 (34)

 

Yes + not self-administered n (%)

143 (50.7)

 

Yes + yes self-administered n (%)

43 (15.2)

 

Phase II

  

Age (years) (mean ± SD)

52.4 ± 13.0

20 (0)

Gender (male /female) n (%)

10 (50) /10(50)

20 (0)

C1-INH-HAE type

 

20 (0)

Type I, n (%)

14 (70)

 

Type II, n (%)

3 (15)

 

Don´t know

3 (15)

 

Age at onset of symptoms (years) (mean ± SD)

20.1 (11.7)

20 (0)

Age at HAE diagnosis (years) (mean ± SD)

30.2 (18.7)

20 (0)

Family history of C1-INH-HAE, n (%)

16 (80)

20 (0)

Family death from suffocation, n (%)

5 (25)

20 (0)

Intubation/tracheotomy requirement, n (%)

1 (5)

20 (0)

  1. AE: angioedema; C1-INH-HAE: hereditary angioedema due to C1-inhibitor deficiency; pdC1-INH: plasma-derived C1 inhibitor concentrate
  2. *Physicians selected patients with laboratory-confirmed diagnosis of AEH-C1-INH. However, some respondents of the self-administered clinical questionnaire were unable to identify which type of C1-INH-HAE they had. † According to the severity score created ad hoc [5];
  3. SD: standard deviation