Referral Centre for Food Allergy Diagnosis and Treatment, Veneto Region, Department of Women and Child Health, Padua University Hospital, via Giustiniani 3, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Clin Transl Allergy. 2013 Dec 10;3(1):41. doi: 10.1186/2045-7022-3-41.
Avoidance of food allergens requires adapting dietetic habits, changing nutritional approach. A restriction of food choice can result in a monotonous diet and impact social life. This study investigated the impact of food allergy on nutritional behavior and attitudes of patients and their families.
A survey involving mothers of food allergic children aged 0-16 years was carried out. We primarily studied the variables related to the child (age, gender, clinical history, food and social events attitudes). In addition, Spielberg Trait-Anxiety Inventory (STAI-T) test was applied to the mothers. We assessed separately the associations between characteristics of child-mother pairs and diet monotony, and attendance to social events, by means of proportional odds regression models.
Nearly 10% of the 124 participants completely banned allergenic foods at home and 15.3% consumed their meals separately. More than one fourth attended parties rarely or never. Most of the participants reported a "monotonous diet". Model results suggested significant associations between child age (p = 0.05), mother age (p = 0.05), number of excluded foods (p = 0.003) and monotony of the diet. The attendance of social events was inversely associated with the number of excluded foods (p = 0.04) and the mother's STAI-T T-score (p = 0.04).
The results highlighted the impact of food allergy in reducing interest about food and influencing patients' approach to social life. It is important to support families in managing allergens avoidance.
避免食物过敏原需要改变饮食习惯，改变营养方法。食物选择的限制可能导致饮食单调，并影响社交生活。本研究调查了食物过敏对患者及其家属营养行为和态度的影响。
对 0-16 岁食物过敏儿童的母亲进行了一项调查。我们主要研究了与儿童相关的变量（年龄、性别、临床病史、食物和社交活动态度）。此外，还对母亲进行了 Spielberg 特质焦虑量表（STAI-T）测试。我们通过比例优势回归模型分别评估了儿童-母亲对饮食单调和参加社交活动的特征之间的关联。
在 124 名参与者中，近 10%的人完全禁止在家中食用过敏原食物，15.3%的人分开用餐。超过四分之一的人很少或从不参加聚会。大多数参与者报告说饮食“单调”。模型结果表明，儿童年龄（p=0.05）、母亲年龄（p=0.05）、排除的食物数量（p=0.003）与饮食单调之间存在显著关联。参加社交活动与排除的食物数量（p=0.04）和母亲的 STAI-T T 评分（p=0.04）呈负相关。
结果强调了食物过敏对减少对食物的兴趣和影响患者社交生活方式的影响。支持家庭管理过敏原回避非常重要。
