Development of a Food Allergy Knowledge Test for Parents.
To create a measure of food allergy (FA) knowledge for parents of children with FA.



The food allergy knowledge test (FAKT) was developed following rigorous test-construction guidelines. The preliminary 110-item pool content was developed in consultation with FA experts. After cognitive interviews and revisions, an 88-item preliminary version was administered to 370 parents of children with FA who were recruited online and from an allergy clinic. After item difficulty, discrimination, item-scale correlations analyses, and assessment of internal consistency, a revised 57-item version was administered to a new clinic-based sample (77 parents).



The revised FAKT was highly reliable (α =.86). Validity analyses revealed positive correlations ( r = .23-.57) between FAKT scores and parent age, education, insurance status, access to FA information, and auto-injector use.



The FAKT was determined to have strong psychometrics and be appropriately reliable and valid, with clinical and research applications.
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland Baltimore County,  Baltimore, MD, USA.
Amy L
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Hahn
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland Baltimore County,  Baltimore, MD, USA.
Lynnda M
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Dahlquist
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland Baltimore County,  Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jessica L
JL
Hoehn
Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Mary
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Elizabeth Bollinger
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000523:psychology*; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
assessment; chronic illness; parents; patient education