Table 2.
Food allergy and quality of life
| Author | Subjects | Examinations | Results |
| Primeau et al, 2000 | 153 peanut allergic children and 37 adults compared to 69 children and 42 adults with rheumatologic disease; furthermore their families | Impact on Family Questionnaire (IFQ) | Peanut allergic children have more disruption in their daily activities, more impairment in the familial-social dimension of the IFQ Adults with rheumatological disease reported more disruption in their family relations |
| Sicherer et al, 2001 | 253 children and adolescents with food allergy | Children's health questionnaire (CHQ-PF50) Allergy-related questionnaire | Worse scores for general health perception, parental distress and worries, and limitations in usual family activities compared to healthy controls. Family cohesion was greater in the food allergic group |
| Avery et al, 2003 | 20 children with peanut allergy and 20 children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus | Self-designed questionnaire Vespid Allergy Quality of life Questionnaire Cameras to record quality of life | Children with food allergy report more fear of an adverse event, more anxiety about eating, more restriction due to the illness |
| Marklund et al, 2004 | 1451 adolescents, thereof 19% "reactive" to food | Health Survey Short Form (SF-36) | Lower scores in seven of the eight scales (role functioning-physical, bodily pain, general health, vitality, social functioning, role functioning-emotional, mental health) |
| Lyons et al ,2004 | 162 young adults, of which 24 “reported" food allergy | Questionnaire, registering awareness and perceptions of food allergy, self-rated health State-Trait Anxiety Scale Perceived Health Competence Scale | Allergic subjects with high health competence reported great anxiety levels. They perceived that their allergy had less of an impact on their lives than others believed it would |
| Bollinger et al, 2006 | 87 families of food allergic children | Food allergy impact scale | All aspects of daily life are affected with most striking effects on family meal preparation and activities outside home |