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JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
Volume 160, Issue 4, Pages 651-656Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.09.056
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- National Institutes of Health-National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Consortium of Food Allergy Research [U19AI066738, U01AI066560]
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Objective To develop and validate a food allergy educational program. Study design Materials developed through focus groups and parental and expert review were submitted to 60 parents of newly referred children with a prior food allergy diagnosis and an epinephrine autoinjector. The main outcome was correct demonstration of an autoinjector. Results The correct number of autoinjector activation steps increased from 3.4 to 5.95 (of 6) after training (P < .001) and was 5.47 at 1 year (P < .05). The mean score for comfort with using the autoinjector (7-point Likert scale) before the curriculum was 4.63 (somewhat comfortable) and increased to 6.23 after the intervention (P < .05) and remained elevated at 1 year (6.03). Knowledge tests (maximum 15) increased from a mean score of 9.2 to 12.4 (P < .001) at the initial visit and remained at 12.7 at 1 year. The annualized rate of allergic reactions fell from 1.77 (historical) the year prior, to 0.42 (P < .001) after the program. Ona 7-point Likert scale, all satisfaction categories remained above a favorable mean score of 6: straight-forward, organized, interesting, relevant, and recommend to others. Conclusions This food allergy educational curriculum for parents, now available online at no cost, showed high levels of satisfaction and efficacy. (J Pediatr 2012;160:651-6).
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