Initial updosing phase of oral immunotherapy improves quality of life and psychological burden in parents of children with food allergy
- Authors
- Shin, Sanghee; Jang, Sehun; Kim, Jiwon; Song, Jeongmin; Park, Seeun; Kim, Yeonghee; Lee, Min Hee; Kim, Hyun Mi; Choi, Young Ran; Jung, Minyoung; Kim, Minji; Lee, Ji Young; Baek, Jihyun; Kim, Sukyung; Kim, Jihyun; Ahn, Kangmo
- Issue Date
- 1-Mar-2024
- Publisher
- OceanSide Publications Inc.
- Citation
- Allergy and Asthma Proceedings, v.45, no.2, pp 128 - 136
- Pages
- 9
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- Allergy and Asthma Proceedings
- Volume
- 45
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 128
- End Page
- 136
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/skku/handle/2021.sw.skku/110791
- DOI
- 10.2500/aap.2024.45.240001
- ISSN
- 1088-5412
1539-6304
- Abstract
- Background: Oral immunotherapy (OIT) can impose psychological burdens on patients and their parents due to the necessary preparations and repeated adverse reactions. Objective: To investigate changes in quality of life (QoL) and psychological burden in parents of children receiving OIT for food allergy (FA). Methods: Children aged 3–13 years with FA were enrolled. Parents were asked to fill out the Korean versions of the Food Allergy Quality of Life-Parental Burden (FAQL-PB), the Korean versions of the Food Allergy Quality of Life-Parental Form (K-FAQLQ-PF), the Korean versions of the Beck Anxiety Inventory (K-BAI), and the Korean version of the Patient Health Questionnaire–9 (PHQ-9) for depression before OIT (T1), after 2 months of updosing (T2), and after the end of the updosing phase (T3). Results: A total of 111 parents were enrolled. The total FAQL-PB scores were decreased at T2 and T3 compared with those at T1 (all p < 0.001). Greater improvement in the total FAQL-PB score at T2 was noted in parents with a higher parental burden (FAQL-PB score $ 74 points) at baseline than in those with a lower parental burden (p = 0.001). Among the K-FAQLQ-PF domains, “food anxiety” scores were decreased at T2 and T3 compared with those at T1 (p = 0.049 and p = 0.030, respectively), whereas there was no change in “social and dietary limitation” and “emotional impact” scores between T1 and T2 and between T1 and T3. However, no differences were observed in K-BAI and PHQ-9 scores between T1 and T2 and between T1 and T3. Conclusion: Our results suggest that OIT improves parental burden and QoL in parents of children with FA. Copyright © 2024, OceanSide Publications, Inc., U.S.A.
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