Mothers of children with food allergies report poorer perceived life status which may be explained by limited career choices

Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology

Tara Lynn Mary Frykas¹  Jennifer Lisa Penner Protudjer²  Elinor Simons³  Elissa M. Abrams³  Michael Golding⁴ 

[1] Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, 501G-715 McDermot Ave, R3E 3P4, Winnipeg, MB, Canada;Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, 501G-715 McDermot Ave, R3E 3P4, Winnipeg, MB, Canada;The Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada;Department of Pediatrics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada;George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation, Winnipeg, Canada;Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;The Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada;Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada;The Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada;Department of Pediatrics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada;

关键词: Children;    Costs;    Food allergy;    Mothers;    Perceived life status;    Visual analogue scale;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13223-021-00515-8

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Pediatric food allergy is associated with direct, indirect and intangible costs. However, it remains unclear if intangible costs of pediatric food allergy influence parental career choices. Using data from 63 parents whose children had been diagnosed by a pediatric allergist with food allergy, we sought to (a) establish perceived life status of families with a food allergic child, and (b) to describe any career limitations viewed as attributable to food allergy. Compared to responding parents whose children had one to two food allergies, those with three or more food allergies had significantly poorer perceived life status (ß − 0.74; 95%CI − 1.41; − 0.07; p < 0.05). Overall, 14.3% of parents (all mothers) reported career limitations due to food allergy. Two of the 7 mothers (28.6%) who reported career limitations due to their child's food allergy fell below Statistics Canada cut-off for low-income, after tax dollars (LIM-AT). One of the three mothers who had changed jobs because of their child's food allergy was below the LIM-AT. No fathers reported food allergy-related career limitations. In conclusion, mothers of children with multiple food allergies reported worse perceived life status that may be partly explained by food allergy-related career limitations.

【 授权许可】

CC BY