Open AccessFood allergy support groups: member's profile. Similarities and differences with respect to non‐members in the Spanish population
Author(s) -
Roa Medellín Dasha,
Julio Monleon Alonso,
Rodriguez Silvia Calderon,
Pinto Fernandez Celia,
Alonso Lebrero Elena
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-o9
Subject(s) - medicine , food allergy , allergy , family medicine , asthma , population , atopic dermatitis , cross sectional study , pediatrics , environmental health , immunology , pathology
Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study including 325 families recruited from a Public Pediatric Allergy Department. Children had been diagnosed of FA at least nine months before, to ensure parental disease experience. A non-validate questionnaire based on clinical experience, literature records and concerns raised by FASG was elaborated. Ethic Committee approved the study. The questionnaire was filled in the allergy office. Data were stored and processed using SPSS 15.0. Variables were expressed as frequencies and associations using Pearson’s chi-square test.