Quality Appraisal of Quality of Life Research in Children and Adolescents with Food Allergy: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Quality of life (QOL) and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children and adolescents with food allergies have been an important and steadily growing field of research for the past 20 years. There seem to be conceptual and methodological challenges that might influence the face validity of QOL and HRQOL research in general health research, but this has not been investigated in pediatric and adolescent food allergy research up until now. The aim of this study was to perform a systematic review of the QOL and HRQOL studies on food allergy in children and adolescents under the age of 18.

Methods

The systematic review was conducted on studies purporting to measure QOL or HRQOL in children and adolescents with food allergies. The literature search was develope

SUBMITTER: Aaneland H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11548108 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature