Preschool Oral Immunotherapy Is Associated With Improved Parental Food Allergy-Specific Anxiety and Quality of Life: A Real-World Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Preschool oral immunotherapy (OIT) is safe and effective for food allergy, and may improve parental food allergy-specific anxiety (FAA) and food allergy quality of life (FAQL); however, data on these important outcomes are limited, particularly for preschoolers. Herein, we explored the relationship between OIT and parental FAA, including the subdomains: food allergy-related worries, anxiety impact, behavioural avoidance, and coping; and OIT and FAQL in parents of preschool-aged children.

Methods

Parents of preschool-aged children (< 72 months) receiving OIT in Canadian allergy clinics were eligible for this observational study. The Impairment Measure for Parental Food Allergy-Associated Anxiety and Coping Tool (IMPAACT) and the Food Allergy Quality of Life-Paren

SUBMITTER: Baaske A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12617478 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature