Quality of life in children and teenagers with food hypersensitivity.
Given that food is essential for life and that there is currently no cure for food hypersensitivity (FHS), quality of life is a key outcome measure for those affected. The quality of life of children and teenagers with FHS is particularly important given that they must learn to manage their FHS while also contending with normal developmental challenges. This article will review the current state of quality of life research in this important area, and discusses the impact of FHS on the quality-of-life of children and teenagers, the availability and suitability of disease-specific health-related quality-of-life measures for this population, and the identification of factors that may influence their health-related quality of life. Two previous reviews have been conducted in this area, and this article aims to extend this work by including recent publications and qualitative studies on this topic.
MacKenzie
Heather
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School of Health Sciences and Social Work, University of Portsmouth, James Watson West, 2 King Richard 1st Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 2FR, UK. heather.mackenzie@port.ac.uk
Dean
Taraneh
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D006302:Health Services Research; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D002666:Psychology, Child; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011788:Quality of Life; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult