Evaluating a handbook for parents of children with food allergy: a randomized clinical trial.
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol
; 116(3): 230-236.e1, 2016 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Educational materials are needed to support parent management of and coping with childhood food allergy.OBJECTIVES:
To evaluate whether a food allergy handbook can improve parental knowledge, confidence, and quality of life associated with the management of food allergy.METHODS:
Participants included 153 parents of children diagnosed as having food allergy within the past 12 months who were recruited from hospital-based allergy clinics and food allergy organizations. Parents were randomly assigned to receive the food allergy handbook either after a baseline survey (handbook group) or at the conclusion of study participation (control group). Outcomes were assessed using online surveys at baseline, 2-week follow-up, and 2-month follow-up.RESULTS:
Compared with parents in the control group, parents in the handbook group had significantly greater improvement in knowledge at the 2-week (mean difference, 2.92; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.20-3.64; P < .001) and 2-month (mean difference, 2.46; 95% CI, 1.68-3.25; P < .001) follow-ups, significantly greater improvement in confidence at the 2-week (mean difference, 0.24; 95% CI, 0.09-0.39; P = .002) and 2-month (mean difference, 0.47; 95% CI, 0.30-0.63; P < .001) follow-ups, and significantly greater improvement in quality of life at the 2-month follow-up (mean difference, -0.48; 95% CI, -0.79 to -0.16; P = .004). Parents reported satisfaction with the content the handbook, with mean ratings of individual sections ranging from 2.7 to 3.2 on a 0- to 4-point scale and modal ratings of 3 (very useful).CONCLUSIONS:
The food allergy handbook evaluated in this study is an effective parent resource to supplement physician management of food allergy. TRIAL REGISTRATION clinicaltrials.gov Identifier NCT01914978.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Materiais de Ensino
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Educação de Pacientes como Assunto
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Hipersensibilidade Alimentar
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol
Assunto da revista:
ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article