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

Table 3 Analysis of the comparison of differences in value before and after oral food challenge of quality of life and family activities

Measured	Δ Pre/post-test OFC
	Total	Positive	Negative	P
QoL
Total	23.27 ± 6.75	22.88 ± 6.73	24.45 ± 6.73	0.151
Physical	2.89 ± 5.62	2.94 ± 5.80	2.75 ± 5.06	0.94
Emotional	28.13 ± 12.94	28.32 ± 12.69	27.55 ± 13.80	0.647
Social	31.77 ± 13.76	30.28 ± 13.87	36.37 ± 12.45	0.0061
School	30.26 ± 14.94	29.99 ± 15.33	31.08 ± 13.80	0.494
FAIS
Total	-1.25 ± 0.75	-1.22 ± 0.72	-1.38 ± 0.83	0.493
Meal preparation	-3.14 ± 1.26	-3.02 ± 1.24	-3.84 ± 1.25	0.0211
Raised by family	-2.23 ± 1.25	-2.22 ± 1.25	-2.27 ± 1.26	0.796
Supervised caretaker	-0.58 ± 2.01	-0.58 ± 1.99	-0.55 ± 2.08	0.907
Family relationship	-0.02 ± 2.25	-0.06 ± 2.31	0.10 ± 2.06	0.578
Stress and free time	-2.09 ± 1.54	-2.08 ± 1.55	-2.11 ± 1.50	0.989
Structured activities/school	0.01 ± 2.21	0.12 ± 2.19	-0.33 ± 2.24	0.209
Child social	0.90 ± 1.72	0.95 ± 1.73	0.76 ± 1.68	0.315
Work and finance	-2.63 ± 1.59	-2.63 ± 1.65	-2.63 ± 1.41	0.701

¹Significant < 0.05.

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