ArticleClinical and translational allergy2012
What factors affect the carriage of epinephrine auto-injectors by teenagers?
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- Risk Perception in Food Allergy Sufferers: An Evolutionary Concept Analysis.Journal of food science · 2026Review
- Identifying patients at risk of anaphylaxis.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2024Review
- Beliefs about food allergies in adolescents aged 11-19 years: A systematic review.Clinical and translational allergy · 2022Review
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- Emerging Therapies in Anaphylaxis: Alternatives to Intramuscular Administration of Epinephrine.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2021Review
- Improving adrenaline autoinjector adherence: A psychologically informed training for healthcare professionals.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2019Article
- Carrying rates of epinephrine devices in children with food-induced anaphylaxis.Asia Pacific allergy · 2019Article
- Living with severe allergy: an Anaphylaxis Campaign national survey of young people.Clinical and translational allergy · 2013Article
- Beyond labelling: what strategies do nut allergic individuals employ to make food choices? A qualitative study.PloS one · 2013Article
- The strategies that peanut and nut-allergic consumers employ to remain safe when travelling abroad.Clinical and translational allergy · 2012Article
- Quality of life in the setting of anaphylaxis and food allergy.Allergo journal internationalReview
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundTeenagers with allergies are at particular risk of severe and fatal reactions, but epinephrine auto-injectors are not always carried as prescribed. We investigated barriers to carriage.
methodsPatients aged 12-18 years old under a specialist allergy clinic, who had previously been prescribed an auto-injector were invited to participate. Semi-structured interviews explored the factors that positively or negatively impacted on carriage.
resultsTwenty teenagers with food or venom allergies were interviewed. Only two patients had used their auto-injector in the community, although several had been treated for severe reactions in hospital. Most teenagers made complex risk assessments to determine whether to carry the auto-injector. Most but not all decisions were rational and were at least partially informed by knowledge. Factors affecting carriage included location, who else would be present, the attitudes of others and physical features of the auto-injector. Teenagers made frequent risk assessments when deciding whether to carry their auto-injectors, and generally wanted to remain safe. Their decisions were complex, multi-faceted and highly individualised.
conclusionsRather than aiming for 100% carriage of auto-injectors, which remains an ambitious ideal, personalised education packages should aim to empower teenagers to make and act upon informed risk assessments.
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