NCT02375360

OIT Effect on FAQLQ

Quality of Life in Food Allergic Patients Before, During and After Oral Immunotherapy

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 500 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Patients with food allergy and their parents will answer a food allergy quality of life questionnaire that will be translated to Hebrew and validated. Questionnaires will be filled also by patients undergoing oral immunotherapy (OIT).

Detailed description

The food allergy quality of life questionnaires (FAQLQ) for children 8-12 y/o, teenagers 13-17 y/o and adults \> 18 y/o and parents to children 0-12 y/o and to teenagers will be translated to Hebrew. Questionnaires will be given to patients with food allergy followed at Asaf Harofeh Medical Center. Questionnaires will be examined for internal consistency. The Food Allergy Independent Measure (FAIM) questionnaire for the same age groups will also be translated to Hebrew. The FAQLQ will be validated by correlation with the FAIM. The questionnaires will then be administered to patients and families undergoing food oral immunotherpy, before during and following treatment.

Conditions

• Food Allergy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Oral immunotherapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-07-01
• Primary completion: 2016-12-01
• First posted: 2015-03-02
• Last updated: 2015-03-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel