Table 3.
Quality of life, stress, depression, and anxiety mean scores (standard deviations) for parents of children who had been medically diagnosed with food allergy and parents who diagnosed food allergy in their children.
| Parental diagnosis M (SD) |
Medical diagnosis M (SD) |
|
|---|---|---|
| FAQL-PB | 59.28 (26.09)∗ | 79.53 (23.61)∗ |
| WHOQoL-BREF | ||
| Overall QoL | 3.36 (1.08)∗ | 3.92 (.86)∗ |
| Overall health related QoL | 3.68 (.75) | 3.64 (.96) |
| Physical QoL | 26.76 (4.10) | 24.85 (6.07) |
| Psychological QoL | 21.36 (3.82) | 20.24 (4.14) |
| Social QoL | 10.12 (2.95) | 10.08 (2.37) |
| Environmental QoL | 27.80 (5.07) | 28.39 (5.99) |
| Perceived Stress Scale | 29.80 (7.52) | 27.46 (6.68) |
| HADS anxiety | 11.96 (4.60) | 9.83 (4.70) |
| HADS depression | 8.76 (5.13) | 8.80 (5.31) |
∗ p < 0.05.