Health-related quality of life in food-allergic adults from eight European countries.

• Published in: Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
• Main Authors: Goossens, Nicole J, Flokstra-de Blok, Bertine M J, van der Meulen, Gerbrich N, Arnlind, Marianne H, Asero, Ricardo, Barreales, Laura, Burney, Peter, Cerecedo, Imnaculada, Clausen, Michael, Fernandéz-Rivas, Monteserrat, Frewer, Lynn, de la Hoz Caballer, Belén, Jansson, Sven-Arne, Jedrzejczak-Czechowicz, Monica, Knulst, André C, Kowalski, Marek L, Papadopoulos, Nikos G, Purohit, Ashok, Rokicka, Ewa, Starosta, Pawel, Vásquez-Cortés, Sonia, Duiverman, Eric J, Dubois, Anthony E J
• Other Authors: 1 Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Pediat Pulmonol & Pediat Allergy, Groningen, Netherlands 2 Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, GRIAC Res Inst, Groningen, Netherlands 3 Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Gen Practice, Groningen, Netherlands 4 Martini Hosp, Dept Pediat Allergy, Groningen, Netherlands 5 Karolinska Inst, Ctr Allergy Res, Stockholm, Sweden 6 Karolinska Inst, Inst Environm Med, S-10401 Stockholm, Sweden 7 Clin San Carlo, Ambulatorio Allergol, Paderno Dugnano, Italy 8 Hosp Clin San Carlos, IdISSC, Res Unit, Dept Prevent Med, Madrid, Spain 9 Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Natl Heart & Lung Inst, Dept Resp Epidemiol & Publ Hlth, London, England 10 Hosp Univ Sureste, Secc Alergol, Madrid, Spain 11 Univ Hosp, Landspitali, Dept Allergy, Reykjavik, Iceland 12 Hosp Clin San Carlos, IdISSC, Dept Allergy, Madrid, Spain 13 Food Safety & Consumer Behav, Mkt & Consumer Behaviour Grp, Wageningen, Netherlands 14 Newcastle Univ, SAFRD, CRE, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, Tyne & Wear, England 15 Hosp Ramon & Cajal, Dept Allergy, E-28034 Madrid, Spain 16 Med Univ Lodz, Dept Immunol Rheumatol & Allergy, Lodz, Poland 17 Univ Med Ctr Utrecht, Dept Dermatol Allergol, Utrecht, Netherlands 18 Univ Athens, Dept Allergy, Pediat Clin 2, Athens, Greece 19 Univ Strasbourg, Univ Hosp, Dept Chest Dis, Div Allergy, Strasbourg, France 20 Univ Lodz, Fac Econ & Sociol, PL-90131 Lodz, Poland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science Inc 2014
• Subjects: Fæðuóþol; Fæðuofnæmi; Lífsgæði; Adult; Europe; Female; Food Hypersensitivity/immunology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Quality of Life/psychology*; Questionnaires/standards; Food Hypersensitivity/pathology; Food Hypersensitivity/psychology*; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2336/325210; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anai.2014.04.004

To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page Food allergy can impair health-related quality of life (HRQL). Food Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaires (FAQLQs) have been developed and validated, including an adult form (FAQLQ-AF). HRQL has not, to date, been measured across different European countries using a uniform methodology. To translate and validate the FAQLQ-AF for use in 8 European countries (Iceland, The Netherlands, Poland, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Sweden). The English FAQLQ-AF was translated, back-translated, and compared for use in the 8 relevant European languages. Adults with a perceived food allergy were recruited from outpatient departments and through a community survey. Participants completed the FAQLQ-AF, the Food Allergy Independent Measure, and questions concerning participants' characteristics. Validity of the FAQLQ-AF was analyzed for use in the 8 countries. The FAQLQ-AF had strong construct validity (r > 0.59) and an excellent internal consistency (Cronbach α > 0.95) in all countries. Total FAQLQ-AF scores (range 3.2-5.0) were significantly different across participating countries. The FAQLQ-AF is a suitable and valid instrument for measuring HRQL in food-allergic adults in Iceland, The Netherlands, Poland, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Sweden. The impact of food allergy on HRQL seems to differ among adults from the 8 participating European countries. Stichting Astmabestrijding 2009/014 Centre for Allergy Research at Karolinska Institutet Swedish Asthma and Allergy Foundation Sahlgrenska University Hospital Sweden info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/514000