Researchers examined the correlation between health-related quality of life (HRQL) and biological sex among individuals with immunoglobulin E (IgE)-related food allergies and their care providers.
Unlike other assessments, the Food Allergy Satisfaction with Life Scale assesses how individuals impacted by food allergy cognitively evaluate their own lives, according to a letter published in Clinical and Translational Allergy. Other questionnaires address objective factors that can influence well-being and miss this self-reflection, Gabriel Lins de Holanda Coelho, PhD, postdoctoral
After completing the FA Passport, caregivers felt more comfortable with leaving their food-allergic children with other caregivers, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. The tool also improved caregiver knowledge about proper epinephrine autoinjector use and anaphylaxis recognition, Ashley Ciliberti, MD, physician in the division of allergy