Effect of oral food challenge on quality of life and family activities in children with IgE-mediated food allergies

Table 2 Analysis of quality of life and family activities on pre/post-test oral food challenge performance

Measured	Total (n = 209)			Pretest OFC (n = 209)			Post-test OFC (n = 209)
	Pretest	Post-test	P	Positive (n = 158)	Negative (n = 51)	P	Positive (n = 158)	Negative (n = 51)	P
QoL
Total	69.13 ± 5.78	92.40 ± 4.22	< 0.0012	69.34 ± 5.99	68.50 ± 5.08	0.367	92.22 ± 4.07	92.94 ± 4.66	0.397
Physical	92.35 ± 7.69	95.24 ± 5.59	< 0.0012	92.25 ± 7.72	92.65 ± 7.68	0.734	95.19 ± 5.76	95.40 ± 5.09	0.976
Emotional	63.13 ± 10.34	91.27 ± 8.42	< 0.0012	62.75 ± 10.17	64.31 ± 10.91	0.726	91.08 ± 8.53	91.86 ± 8.12	0.501
Social	59.42 ± 11.84	91.20 ± 8.12	< 0.0012	60.13 ± 11.84	57.96 ± 11.72	0.105	90.41 ± 8.14	93.63 ± 7.62	0.0131
School	61.63 ± 12.44	91.89 ± 8.30	< 0.0012	62.22 ± 12.84	59.80 ± 11.00	0.212	92.22 ± 8.23	90.88 ± 8.53	0.303
FAIS
Total	5.36 ± 0.68	4.10 ± 0.38	< 0.0012	5.32 ± 0.67	5.49 ± 0.70	0.329	4.10 ± 0.37	4.10 ± 0.41	0.936
Meal preparation	6.22 ± 0.73	3.08 ± 0.98	< 0.0012	6.20 ± 0.74	6.30 ± 0.67	0.327	3.18 ± 0.95	2.81 ± 1.04	0.0311
Raised by family	5.93 ± 0.93	3.70 ± 0.81	< 0.0012	5.92 ± 0.96	5.98 ± 0.85	0.616	3.69 ± 0.82	3.71 ± 0.82	0.958
Supervised caretaker	4.75 ± 1.92	5.33 ± 0.62	0.0011	4.76 ± 1.89	4.16 ± 2.03	0.998	5.35 ± 0.63	5.28 ± 0.60	0.681
Family relationship	5.06 ± 1.51	5.04 ± 1.43	0.816	5.02 ± 1.52	5.18 ± 1.48	0.485	4.96 ± 1.43	5.27 ± 1.42	0.216
Stress and free time	4.85 ± 1.23	2.76 ± 1.07	< 0.0012	4.86 ± 1.22	4.84 ± 1.24	0.691	2.77 ± 1.08	2.73 ± 1.06	0.831
Structured activities/school	4.07 ± 1.59	4.08 ± 1.61	0.912	4.01 ± 1.55	4.25 ± 1.70	0.388	4.13 ± 1.62	3.92 ± 1.58	0.349
Child social	5.26 ± 1.68	6.16 ± 0.69	< 0.0012	5.22 ± 1.72	5.37 ± 1.53	0.759	6.17 ± 0.70	6.13 ± 0.68	0.656
Work and finance	5.32 ± 1.30	2.70 ± 1.11	< 0.0012	5.21 ± 1.38	5.67 ± 0.92	0.0441	2.58 ± 1.08	3.04 ± 1.14	0.0091

¹Significant < 0.05.

²Significant < 0.001.

FAIS: Food allergy impact scale; OFC: Oral food challenge; QoL: Quality of life.