Table 5.
Patient–reported food allergy–related psychosocial burden as assessed by the Food Allergy Independent Measure among individuals with a single food allergy to coconut, peanut, egg, or milk (e.g. “mono–allergy”)
| Variable: | Mean (SE) of individuals with reported mono coconut allergy | Mean (SE) of children with reported mono coconut allergy | Mean (SE) of adults with reported mono coconut allergy | Mean (SE) of individuals with convincing mono coconut allergy | Mean (SE) of children with convincing coconut mono allergy | Mean (SE) of adults with convincing mono coconut allergy | Mean (SE) of individuals with physician-confirmed mono coconut allergy | Mean (SE) of children with phyician-confirmed mono coconut allergy | Mean (SE) of adults with physician-confirmed mono coconut allergy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Composite FAIM | 2.73 (0.11) | 3.06 (0.25) | 2.55 (0.11) | 2.52 (0.12) | 2.51 (0.28) | 2.52 (0.12) | 2.44 (0.14) | 2.32 (0.32) | 2.50 (0.13) |
| EO1 | 3.06 (0.17) | 3.43 (0.39) | 2.88 (0.18) | 2.74 (0.19) | 2.91 (0.48) | 2.67 (0.20) | 2.52 (0.22) | 2.22 (0.40) | 2.66 (0.24) |
| EO2 | 3.31 (0.17) | 3.68 (0.39) | 3.12 (0.17) | 3.02 (0.19) | 2.84 (0.38) | 3.08 (0.21) | 2.71 (0.23) | 2.41 (0.29) | 2.86 (0.29) |
| EO3 | 2.26 (0.15) | 2.55 (0.38) | 2.11 (0.15) | 2.07 (0.17) | 1.94 (0.43) | 2.12 (0.16) | 2.00 (0.23) | 1.77 (0.52) | 2.11 (0.20) |
| EO4 | 2.83 (0.17) | 3.13 (0.27) | 2.67 (0.22) | 2.72 (0.22) | 2.86 (0.39) | 2.67 (0.27) | 2.73 (0.35) | 2.78 (0.52) | 2.71 (0.45) |
| IM1 | 2.78 (0.13) | 3.15 (0.22) | 2.59 (0.16) | 2.64 (0.14) | 2.68 (0.24) | 2.62 (0.17) | 2.60 (0.21) | 2.79 (0.30) | 2.51 (0.28) |
| IM2 | 2.10 (0.13) | 2.40 (0.26) | 1.94 (0.15) | 1.94 (0.15) | 1.83 (0.22) | 1.98 (0.19) | 2.08 (0.21) | 1.94 (0.30) | 2.15 (0.27) |
| Variable: | Mean (SE) of individuals with reported mono peanut allergy | Mean (SE) of children with reported mono peanut allergy | Mean (SE) of adults with reported mono peanut allergy | Mean (SE) of individuals with convincing mono peanut allergy | Mean (SE) of children with convincing coconut peanut allergy | Mean (SE) of adults with convincing mono peanut allergy | Mean (SE) of individuals with physician-confirmed mono peanut allergy | Mean (SE) of children with physician-confirmed mono peanut allergy | Mean (SE) of adults with physician-confirmed mono peanut allergy |
| Composite FAIM | 3.25 (0.09) | 3.35 (0.13) | 3.11 (0.06) | 3.28 (0.09) | 3.38 (0.14) | 3.12 (0.06) | 3.37 (0.12) | 3.48 (0.17) | 3.17 (0.06) |
| EO1 | 3.31 (0.07) | 3.30 (0.10) | 3.32 (0.10) | 3.30 (0.07) | 3.31 (0.10) | 3.27 (0.10) | 3.29 (0.09) | 3.30 (0.11) | 3.28 (0.13) |
| EO2 | 4.03 (0.12) | 4.17 (0.19) | 3.83 (0.10) | 4.10 (0.13) | 4.23 (0.20) | 3.90 (0.10) | 4.23 (0.16) | 4.40 (0.23) | 3.90 (0.10) |
| EO3 | 3.01 (0.12) | 3.19 (0.19) | 2.74 (0.09) | 3.07 (0.13) | 3.24 (0.20) | 2.80 (0.09) | 3.20 (0.17) | 3.36 (0.24) | 2.88 (0.10) |
| EO4 | 2.95 (0.10) | 3.02 (0.15) | 2.84 (0.08) | 2.96 (0.11) | 3.06 (0.16) | 2.81 (0.09) | 3.04 (0.13) | 3.12 (0.19) | 2.88 (0.09) |
| IM1 | 3.44 (0.11) | 3.52 (0.18) | 3.33 (0.09) | 3.47 (0.12) | 3.54 (0.19) | 3.37 (0.10) | 3.57 (0.15) | 3.65 (0.22) | 3.41 (0.12) |
| IM2 | 2.77 (0.11) | 2.89 (0.17) | 2.60 (0.08) | 2.78 (0.12) | 2.91 (0.18) | 2.56 (0.08) | 2.93 (0.15) | 3.06 (0.21) | 2.67 (0.10) |
| Variable: | Mean (SE) of individuals with reported mono egg allergy | Mean (SE) of children with reported mono egg allergy | Mean (SE) of adults with reported mono egg allergy | Mean (SE) of individuals with convincing mono egg allergy | Mean (SE) of children with convincing coconut egg allergy | Mean (SE) of adults with convincing mono egg allergy | Mean (SE) of individuals with physician-confirmed mono egg allergy | Mean (SE) of children with physician-confirmed mono egg allergy | Mean (SE) of adults with physician-confirmed mono egg allergy |
| Composite FAIM | 2.82 (0.07) | 2.89 (0.11) | 2.76 (0.09) | 2.76 (0.08) | 2.79 (0.13) | 2.73 (0.10) | 2.84 (0.10) | 2.83 (0.16) | 2.85 (0.11) |
| EO1 | 3.25 (0.12) | 3.25 (0.18) | 3.25 (0.15) | 3.16 (0.13) | 3.06 (0.19) | 3.23 (0.18) | 3.29 (0.17) | 3.11 (0.24) | 3.47 (0.23) |
| EO2 | 3.40 (0.10) | 3.55 (0.14) | 3.29 (0.14) | 3.37 (0.11) | 3.44 (0.15) | 3.31 (0.15) | 3.55 (0.12) | 3.59 (0.17) | 3.51 (0.15) |
| EO3 | 2.27 (0.11) | 2.52 (0.18) | 2.09 (0.13) | 2.22 (0.13) | 2.42 (0.21) | 2.07 (0.15) | 2.23 (0.18) | 2.49 (0.27) | 1.98 (0.20) |
| EO4 | 2.57 (0.11) | 2.61 (0.14) | 2.54 (0.17) | 2.58 (0.13) | 2.58 (0.15) | 2.59 (0.18) | 2.57 (0.18) | 2.63 (0.19) | 2.50 (0.30) |
| IM1 | 3.04 (0.11) | 3.11 (0.15) | 3.00 (0.15) | 2.95 (0.13) | 3.03 (0.18) | 2.89 (0.18) | 3.13 (0.15) | 3.09 (0.23) | 3.17 (0.19) |
| IM2 | 2.38 (0.09) | 2.32 (0.13) | 2.43 (0.12) | 2.25 (0.09) | 2.19 (0.14) | 2.30 (0.12) | 2.28 (0.11) | 2.10 (0.15) | 2.46 (0.18) |
| Variable: | Mean (SE) of individuals with reported mono milk allergy | Mean (SE) of children with reported mono milk allergy | Mean (SE) of adults with reported mono milk allergy | Mean (SE) of individuals with convincing mono milk allergy | Mean (SE) of children with convincing milk allergy | Mean (SE) of adults with convincing mono milk allergy | Mean (SE) of individuals with physician-confirmed mono milk allergy | Mean (SE) of children with physician-confirmed mono milk allergy | Mean (SE) of adults with physician-confirmed mono milk allergy |
| Composite FAIM | 2.77 (0.05) | 2.73 (0.08) | 2.81 (0.05) | 2.70 (0.05) | 2.61 (0.07) | 2.79 (0.07) | 2.87 (0.06) | 2.84 (0.09) | 2.91 (0.08) |
| EO1 | 3.41 (0.08) | 3.39 (0.13) | 3.44 (0.09) | 3.32 (0.09) | 3.24 (0.13) | 3.42 (0.11) | 3.34 (0.10) | 3.32 (0.15) | 3.38 (0.11) |
| EO2 | 3.17 (0.07) | 3.09 (0.12) | 3.25 (0.07) | 3.13 (0.08) | 3.05 (0.13) | 3.23 (0.09) | 3.41 (0.10) | 3.37 (0.16) | 3.46 (0.12) |
| EO3 | 1.86 (0.05) | 1.86 (0.08) | 1.86 (0.06) | 1.81 (0.06) | 1.77 (0.08) | 1.85 (0.85) | 2.05 (0.09) | 1.99 (0.11) | 2.14 (0.14) |
| EO4 | 2.25 (0.06) | 2.17 (0.09 | 2.33 (0.07) | 2.15 (0.07) | 2.06 (0.10) | 2.26 (0.08) | 2.31 (0.09) | 2.18 (0.12) | 2.48 (0.12) |
| IM1 | 3.26 (0.08) | 3.18 (0.13) | 3.33 (0.09) | 3.18 (0.08) | 3.07 (0.12) | 3.31 (0.11) | 3.39 (0.10) | 3.43 (0.14) | 3.35 (0.13) |
| IM2 | 2.67 (0.09) | 2.66 (0.14) | 2.67 (0.12) | 2.59 (0.09) | 2.50 (0.11) | 2.68 (0.16) | 2.73 (0.11) | 2.77 (0.13) | 2.68 (0.19) |
| Note: FAIM questions were worded as follows: | |||||||||
| How big do you think the chance is that you… | |||||||||
| EO1: | …will accidentally eat something to which you are allergic? | ||||||||
| EO2: | …will have a severe reaction if you accidentally eat something to which you are allergic? | ||||||||
| EO3: | …will die if you accidentally eat something to which you are allergic? | ||||||||
| EO4: | …cannot do the right things (or have the right things done by others) should you accidentally eat something to which you are allergic? | ||||||||
| IM1: | How many products are you unable to eat because of your food allergy? | ||||||||
| IM2: | How much does your food allergy affect the things you do with others? | ||||||||