Food Allergy
Conditions
Brief summary
Food allergies are becoming more prevalent with more children being diagnosed with food allergies each year. Food allergies place a tremendous burden not just on the patient but on his/her family as well. In an attempt to provide better care to the investigators patients, the investigators would like to determine if regular contact with our food allergy nurse has a positive effect on a family's perceived quality of life.
Detailed description
We intend to show a difference between the intervention group, who will receive a food allergy packet, along with three follow up phone calls from our trained allergy nurse, and the control group, will be given the food allergy packet only. We expect the intervention group to score higher on the quality of life survey, showing that the support and education of our allergy nurse has a positive effect on quality of life of our patients and their families.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALCounseling
Our food allergy nurse will contact our intervention group and discuss any questions or concerns they may have regarding their child's food allergy.
BEHAVIORALPlacebo phone call
Phone call w/ no behavioral counseling
Sponsors
University of Michigan
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* IgE mediated food allergy * Ages 0-17 * Willing to participate
Exclusion criteria
* Food sensitivities * Unable to understand or read survey * Unable to be available for follow up survey and nurse phone calls.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Difference in validated quality of life survey | twelve months |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed