Open AccessHealth‐related quality of life in children and adolescents allergic to staple foods
Author(s) -
Jansson SvenArne,
Östblom Eva,
Protudjer Jennifer,
Heibert Arnlind Marianne,
Bengtsson Ulf,
KällströmBengtsson Ingrid,
Marklund Birgitta,
Middelveld Roelinde,
Rentzos Georgios,
Sundqvist AnnChristine,
Åkerström Johann,
Dahlén SvenErik,
Ahlstedt Staffan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical and translational allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.979
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2045-7022
DOI - 10.1186/2045-7022-5-s3-o23
Subject(s) - medicine , food allergy , quality of life (healthcare) , allergy , pediatrics , asthma , affect (linguistics) , medical prescription , immunology , nursing , linguistics , philosophy , pharmacology
Methods Swedish children (0-12 years) and adolescents (13-17 years) with objectively diagnosed food allergy to staple foods were recruited in an outpatient allergy clinic. Ageand sex-matched controls were included. Food-allergic adolescents themselves and the parents of food-allergic children answered a food-allergy specific HRQL questionnaire (FAQLQ), developed within EuroPrevall. A generic HRQL questionnaire, EQ-5D, was answered by parents to cases and controls. In total, 85 children and 58 adolescents (cases), and 94 children and 56 adolescents (controls) participated.