Article The impact of hereditary angioedema on quality of life and family planning decisions € Ozlem Kuman Tunc ¸el 1 , Nihal Mete G€ okmen 2 , Ece Demir 3 , Okan Gu ¨ lbahar 3 , and S ¸ebnem Pırıldar 1 Abstract Objective: Hereditary angioedema is a serious disease with unpredictable attacks. It has an impact on patients’ health-related quality of life. This study aimed to assess the quality of life of the hereditary angioedema patients and to investigate the relation- ship between quality of life and demographic, clinical, laboratory, and psychiat- ric parameters. Method: A semistructured face-to-face interview, Hamilton depression rating scale, and Hamilton anxiety rating scale were performed by a psychiatrist. Participants completed Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36, Revised Form of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3, and Adult Separation Anxiety Questionnaire. Patients’ complement results were recorded, and clinical data obtained by interview were cross-checked from patients’ files. 1 Department of Psychiatry, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey 2 Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey 3 Skin Cancer Specialists, P.C & Aesthetic Center, Georgia, USA Corresponding Author: Nihal Mete G€ okmen, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ege University Medical Faculty, Bornova 35100, Izmir, Turkey. Email: enihalmete@yahoo.com.tr The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine 0(0) 1–18 ! The Author(s) 2019 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/0091217419837068 journals.sagepub.com/home/ijp