Health Related Quality of Life in Children With Food Allergy: Comparison to Controls and Other Chronic Diseases

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

Status: Completed

Conditions: Children With Food Allergy

Treatments: Other: filling questionnary to quality of life

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02008643

12-AOI-07

Details and patient eligibility

About

The number of studies concerning health related quality of life (HRQL) in children with food allergy is very limited.

Only one study to date has compared HRQL of a group of children with food allergy to data published on general population and other chronic diseases. This study concluded to lowest HRQL scores in food allergic children compared to type 1 diabetes mellitus with important impact on scores concerning social activities.

Full description

Primary aim:

To compare generic HRQL score in children with food allergy with other chronic diseases and with healthy chidren in an homogeneous socio-cultural context.

Secondary aims :

• To compare generic and specific HRQL scores in children with food allergy
• Identifify in chidren with food allergy, clinical factrors assocated with lowest scores in order to improve our management.

Methods

Generic HRQL questionnaire (CHQ-87) will be distributed :

• after hospital consultation for patients
• in schools for healthy children A specific HRQL questionnaire (FAQLQ-CF or TF) and the " Food Allergy Independent Measure " will also distributed to chidren with food allergy.

Enrollment: 861 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 8-18 year old
• IgE mediated food allergy diagnosed by a pediatric allergologist with following criteria:

Convincing history of allergic reaction with positive prick-test and specific IgE Or Open food challenge associated with positive prick-test and specific IgE

• Signed informed consent of the two parents
• Signed informed consent of the child
• Health insurance recipient

Exclusion criteria

• Association with another medical or psychiatric chronic disease (excepted for controlled asthma)
• Partially or not controlled asthma during last year
• No signed consent

Trial design

861 participants in 3 patient groups

children with food allergy

Experimental group

Description:

Chidren aged 8-18 year with food allergy

Treatment:

Other: filling questionnary to quality of life

children with chronic diseases

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: filling questionnary to quality of life

witnesses

Active Comparator group

Description:

Inclusion criteria Age between 8-18 year old Children attending schools of Nice City Signed informed consent of the two parents Signed informed consent of the child Health insurance recipient Non inclusion criteria Association with another medical or psychiatric chronic disease No signed consent

Treatment:

Other: filling questionnary to quality of life