Mothers of children with food allergies report poorer perceived life status which may be explained by limited career choices.

ABSTRACT: Pediatric food allergy is associated with direct, indirect and intangible costs. However, it remains unclear if intangible costs of pediatric food allergy influence parental career choices. Using data from 63 parents whose children had been diagnosed by a pediatric allergist with food allergy, we sought to (a) establish perceived life status of families with a food allergic child, and (b) to describe any career limitations viewed as attributable to food allergy. Compared to responding parents whose children had one to two food allergies, those with three or more food allergies had significantly poorer perceived life status (ß - 0.74; 95%CI - 1.41; - 0.07; p < 0.05). Overall, 14.3% of parents (all mothers) reported career limitations due to food allergy. Two of the 7 mothers (28.6%) who rep

SUBMITTER: Frykas TLM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7852075 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature