Health-related quality of life worsens by school age amongst children with food allergy
| dc.contributor.author | Thörnqvist, Victoria | |
| dc.contributor.author | Middelveld, Roelinde | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wai, Hay M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ballardini, Natalia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nilsson, Evalill | |
| dc.contributor.author | Strömquist, Jennie | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ahlstedt, Staffan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nilsson, Lennart J | |
| dc.contributor.author | Protudjer, Jennifer L P | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-01T06:06:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-02-07 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-03-01T06:06:48Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract Background Food allergy is negatively associated with health-related quality of life (HRQL). Although differences exist between parents and children, less is known about age-specific differences amongst children. As such, we aimed to identify if age, as well as other factors, are associated with food allergy-specific HRQL in an objectively defined population of children. Methods Overall, 63 children (boys: n = 36; 57.1%) with specialist-diagnosed food allergy to 1 + foods were included. Parents/guardians completed the Swedish version of a disease-specific questionnaire designed to assess overall- and domain-specific HRQL. Descriptive statistics and linear regression were used. Results The most common food allergy was hen’s egg (n = 40/63; 63.5%). Most children had more than one food allergy (n = 48; 76.2%). Nearly all had experienced mild symptoms (e.g. skin; n = 56/63; 94.9%), and more than half had severe symptoms (e.g. respiratory; 39/63; 66.1%). Compared to young children (0–5 years), older children (6–12 years) had worse HRQL (e.g. overall HRQL: B = 0.60; 95% CI 0.05–1.16; p < 0.04.). Similarly, multiple food allergies, and severe symptoms were significantly associated with worse HRQL (all p < 0.05) even in models adjusted for concomitant allergic disease. No associations were found for gender or socioeconomic status. Conclusion Older children and those with severe food allergy have worse HRQL. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Clinical and Translational Allergy. 2019 Feb 07;9(1):10 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13601-019-0244-0 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/33772 | |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | en | |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | The Author(s) | |
| dc.title | Health-related quality of life worsens by school age amongst children with food allergy | |
| dc.type | journal article | en_US |
| local.author.affiliation | Rady Faculty of Health Sciences | en_US |