ArticleClinical and translational allergy2018
A qualitative study exploring parents' experiences with epinephrine use for their child's anaphylactic reaction.
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- Children at risk of anaphylaxis: A mixed-studies systematic review of parents' experiences and information needs.PEC innovation · 2022Review
- Factors associated with parental burden among parents of children with food allergies in China: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Psychological burden of anaphylaxis and the fight for an EpiPen.BMJ case reports · 2021Article
- The Janus-faced effects of COVID-19 perceptions on family healthy eating behavior: Parent's negative experience as a mediator and gender as a moderator.Scandinavian journal of psychology · 2021Article
- APPEAL-2: A pan-European qualitative study to explore the burden of peanut-allergic children, teenagers and their caregivers.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2020Article
- Trick or treat? - when children with childhood food allergies lead parents into unhealthy food choices.BMC public health · 2020Article
- CSACI guidelines for the ethical, evidence-based and patient-oriented clinical practice of oral immunotherapy in IgE-mediated food allergy.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundChildren with life threatening food allergies live with the constant threat of a fatal reaction, and caregivers must always be prepared to treat with an epinephrine auto-injector (EAI). This interpretive phenomenological study explored parents' perceptions and lived experiences with prescribed EAI use for their child.
methodsThe purposive sample included ten parents of five children under 12 years of age, diagnosed with a food allergy and prescribed with an EAI who recently experienced anaphylaxis. Data sources included digitally-recorded semi-structured interviews and a reflexive journal.
resultsEight main themes emerged: perception of anaphylaxis, life challenges, isolation, anxiety, hesitation, guilt, influence of health care professionals, and lessons learned. Parents uniformly described multiple life challenges and feelings of isolation, anxiety and hesitation during a reaction that lead to subsequent guilt.
conclusionsHandling reactions correctly provided parents with confidence to treat subsequent reactions. Witnessing the effects of an EAI and receiving positive feedback from health care providers further strengthened their confidence to quickly and competently intervene in future reactions.
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