{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["20(1)"],"submitter":["Epstein-Rigbi N"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Oral immunotherapy (OIT) has become the standard of care for children with food allergy (FA) and has substantially improved their quality of life. The effect of OIT on the quality of life in adults, however, has been studied to a much lesser degree.<h4>Methods</h4>Patients with food allergy aged ≥ 18 years who underwent OIT at Shamir Medical Center completed the Food Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaire-Adult Form (FAQLQ-AF) before and at the end of treatment. Adults with FA not undergoing OIT who completed the FAQLQ-AF at 2 time points, served as controls.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 44 adults, median age 23.4 years, who underwent OIT for milk (n = 19), egg (n = 2), peanut (n = 9), sesame (n = 6), and tree nuts (n = 8), and 11 controls were studied. The median OIT starti"],"journal":["Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology"],"pagination":["53"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11472437"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Oral immunotherapy improves the quality of life of adults with food allergy."],"pmcid":["PMC11472437"],"pubmed_authors":["Levy MB","Koren Y","Epstein-Rigbi N","Goldberg MR","Elizur A","Nachshon L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Oral immunotherapy improves the quality of life of adults with food allergy.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Oral immunotherapy (OIT) has become the standard of care for children with food allergy (FA) and has substantially improved their quality of life. The effect of OIT on the quality of life in adults, however, has been studied to a much lesser degree.<h4>Methods</h4>Patients with food allergy aged ≥ 18 years who underwent OIT at Shamir Medical Center completed the Food Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaire-Adult Form (FAQLQ-AF) before and at the end of treatment. Adults with FA not undergoing OIT who completed the FAQLQ-AF at 2 time points, served as controls.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 44 adults, median age 23.4 years, who underwent OIT for milk (n = 19), egg (n = 2), peanut (n = 9), sesame (n = 6), and tree nuts (n = 8), and 11 controls were studied. The median OIT starti","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Oct","modification":"2025-04-04T07:41:26.333Z","creation":"2025-04-04T07:41:26.333Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11472437","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39402617"],"doi":["10.1186/s13223-024-00915-6"]}}