ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2004
Health-related quality of life among adolescents with allergy-like conditions - with emphasis on food hypersensitivity.
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- Pooled it
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- Prevalence of Food Allergy and Common Food Allergen Among Saudi Adults in Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2022Article
- Development of the BELANA questionnaire for the analysis of economic burdens of food allergy and intolerance.Allergologie select · 2018Article
- Adverse reactions to food: the female dominance - A secondary publication and update.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2017Review
- Observational
- Impaired health-related quality of life in adolescents with allergy to staple foods.Clinical and translational allergy · 2016Article
- Quality of life in patients with food allergy.Clinical and molecular allergy : CMA · 2016Review
- Dietary exclusion for childhood atopic dermatitis.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2015Review
- Influence of health behaviours on the incidence of infection and allergy in adolescents: the AFINOS cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2014Article
- Food allergy and quality of life: what have we learned?Current allergy and asthma reports · 2013Review
- Is the impact of atopic disease on children and adolescents' health related quality of life modified by mental health? Results from a population-based cross-sectional study.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2013Article
- The epidemiology of food allergy in Europe: protocol for a systematic review.Clinical and translational allergy · 2013Article
- Children and adolescents' health-related quality of life in relation to eczema, asthma and hay fever: results from a population-based cross-sectional study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2011Article
- An impact of the diet on serum fatty acid and lipid profiles in Polish vegetarian children and children with allergy.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2011Article
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Abstract
backgroundIt is known that there is an increase in the prevalence of allergy and that allergic diseases have a negative impact on individuals' health-related quality of life (HRQL). However, research in this field is mainly focused on individuals with verified allergy, i.e. leaving out those with self-reported allergy-like conditions but with no doctor-diagnosis. Furthermore, studies on food hypersensitivity and quality of life are scarce. In order to receive information about the extent to which adolescent females and males experience allergy-like conditions and the impact of these conditions on their everyday life, the present study aimed to investigate the magnitude of self-reported allergy-like conditions in adolescence and to evaluate their HRQL. Special focus was put on food hypersensitivity as a specific allergy-like condition and on gender differences.
methodsIn connection with lessons completed at the children's school, a study-specific questionnaire and the generic instrument SF-36 were distributed to 1488 adolescents, 13-21 years old (response rate 97%).
resultsSixty-four per cent of the respondents reported some kind of allergy-like condition: 46% reported hypersensitivity to defined substances and 51% reported allergic diseases (i.e. asthma/wheezing, eczema/rash, rhino-conjunctivitis). A total of 19% reported food hypersensitivity. Females more often reported allergy-like conditions compared with males (p < 0.001). The adolescents with allergy-like conditions reported significantly lower HRQL (p < 0.001) in seven of the eight SF-36 health scales compared with adolescents without such conditions, regardless of whether the condition had been doctor-diagnosed or not. Most adolescents suffered from complex allergy-like conditions.
conclusionsThe results indicate a need to consider the psychosocial impact of allergy-like conditions during school age. Further research is needed to elucidate the gender differences in this area. A team approach addressing better understanding of how allergy-like conditions impair the HRQL may improve the management of the adolescent's health problems, both in health-care services and in schools.
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