Food allergy knowledge, attitudes and their determinants among restaurant staff: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is wide international variation regarding food allergy knowledge among restaurant staff. Further, attitudes towards food allergy remain under-researched. Insights into the independent determinants of knowledge and attitudes are limited due to lacking mutual statistical adjustment for determinants/confounders in the vast majority of prior studies. In this study we aimed to contribute novel data on the food allergy knowledge and attitudes among restaurant staff in Germany whilst also examining potential determinants of both outcomes using multivariable approaches.

Methods

We collected data face-to-face from 295 staff members in restaurants in Düsseldorf, Germany. Knowledge was assessed by asking participants to name three common food allergens and to answer fi

SUBMITTER: Loerbroks A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6481789 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature