Factors associated with parental burden among parents of children with food allergies in China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to investigate the factors associated with parental burden among parents of children with food allergies (FA) in China.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

The participants were recruited through the internet and one child health centre of a tertiary hospital in Changsha, China.

Participants

A total of 346 parents of children with FA were recruited using a convenience sampling method. After excluding the invalid questionnaires, 330 questionnaires were included for the analysis.

Outcome measures

The data of general and disease-specific information of children with FA and their parents, as well as parental burden, social support and coping style of parents, were collected using a self-developed questionnaire and standard measur

SUBMITTER: Li Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9511557 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature