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ArticleClinical and translational allergy2019

Health-related quality of life worsens by school age amongst children with food allergy.

Victoria Thörnqvist, Roelinde Middelveld, Hay Mar Wai, Natalia Ballardini, Evalill Nilsson, Jennie Strömquist, Staffan Ahlstedt, Lennart Jan Nilsson, Jennifer L P Protudjer

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Article in Clinical and translational allergy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Pragmatic Low-Dose Oral Immunotherapy for Preschool Children With Peanut Allergy: A Randomised Controlled Trial.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2025
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  3. The hidden price of food allergy: Understanding the social and financial burdens on families.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2025
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  4. Oral Immunotherapy Should Play a Key Role in Preschool Food Allergy Management.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2025
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  5. The Psychosocial Burden of Pediatric Food Allergy in the United States: A Population-Based Survey.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2025
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  7. Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology position statement: panel testing for food allergies.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2024
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  9. Quality of life is lower in food allergic adolescents compared to young children at a community educational symposium.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2023
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  11. An online, peer-mentored food allergy education program improves children's and parents' confidence.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2023
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  13. Associations between food allergy, country of residence, and healthcare access.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2022
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  17. Food Allergy, Eating Disorders and Body Image.Journal of affective disorders reports · 2021
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  19. The excess costs of childhood food allergy on Canadian families: a cross-sectional study.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2021
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  20. High anxiety and health-related quality of life in families with children with food allergy during coronavirus disease 2019.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Victoria Thörnqvist1The Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Box 210, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
Roelinde Middelveld1The Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Box 210, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
Hay Mar Wai1The Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Box 210, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
Natalia Ballardini2The Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Evalill Nilsson5Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Jennie Strömquist4Pediatric Allergy, Linköpings Universitetet, Linköping, Sweden.
Staffan Ahlstedt1The Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Box 210, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
Lennart Jan Nilsson4Pediatric Allergy, Linköpings Universitetet, Linköping, Sweden.
Jennifer L P Protudjer1The Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Box 210, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-3888-8688

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFood 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.

methodsOverall, 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.

resultsThe 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;

conclusionOlder children and those with severe food allergy have worse HRQL.

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ChildrenFood allergyFood hypersensitivityHealth-related quality of life

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PMID30774928
PMCPMC6366088

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