VPPRN Patient-Powered Research
Urticarial Vasculitis
Every 6 months, we ask our VPPRN community to check-in and tell us how they are doing. The graphs below reflect the scores/ratings of patients with urticarial vasculitis compared to the Network as a whole. Here is what we learned about flares, fatigue, pain, symptoms of vasculitis, and members’ current state of vasculitis at the January 2025 check-in:
- Compared to patients with other forms of vasculitis, patients with urticarial vasculitis reported the following:
- more flares
- similar scores for fatigue
- similar scores for their symptoms of vasculitis over the past 28 days
- higher scores for pain (this is a change from the July 2024 check-in where the rates among patients with urticarial vasculitis and the VPPRN community were similar)
- a larger percentage of patients with urticarial vasculitis reported their vasculitis as active.
- Compared to patients with other forms of vasculitis, patients with urticarial vasculitis reported the following:
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FLARES and VASCULITIS
Flare Reporting: At the January 2025 check-in, patients with urticarial vasculitis reported more flares in the past 6 months. 40% of patients with urticarial vasculitis reported a flare compared to 24% in the VPPRN community.
PAIN and VASCULITIS
Pain: At the January 2025 check-in, 45% of patients with urticarial vasculitis reported moderate to severe pain (scores 5-10), on average. This is higher than the 28% in the VPPRN community who reported these same scores.