Quality of Life in Food Allergy Patients and Their Families

Pediatric food allergy is a growing health problem in the United States that has been found to adversely impact the quality of life of both affected children and their caregivers. This article provides a review of how food allergy affects the quality of life of patients and their families within the...

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Published inThe Pediatric clinics of North America Vol. 62; no. 6; p. 1453
Main Authors Walkner, Madeline, Warren, Christopher, Gupta, Ruchi S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.12.2015
Subjects
Activities of Daily Living
Child
Emotions
Family Health
Food Hypersensitivity - physiopathology
Food Hypersensitivity - psychology
Humans
Quality of Life
Risk Factors
Social Alienation
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Caregivers
Anxiety
Childhood food allergy
Daily life
Quality of life
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Summary:Pediatric food allergy is a growing health problem in the United States that has been found to adversely impact the quality of life of both affected children and their caregivers. This article provides a review of how food allergy affects the quality of life of patients and their families within the domains of school, social activities, relationships, and daily life. Efforts to improve food allergy-related quality of life among caregivers are also discussed.
ISSN:1557-8240
DOI:10.1016/j.pcl.2015.07.003