Thomas B Casale, Christopher Warren, Sachin Gupta, Robert Schuldt, Rongrong Wang, Ahmar Iqbal, Arpamas Seetasith, Ruchi Gupta
BACKGROUND: Food allergies impose a large psychosocial burden, including mental, emotional, and social aspects, on both patients and their caregivers. Patients, caregivers, and their families often experience anxiety, isolation, and fear around food allergies. OBJECTIVE: To assess the real-world mental health burden of food allergies, using the Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) Patient Registry (NCT04653324). METHODS: Self-reported data from patients with food allergies, and their caregivers, were analyzed from the FARE Food Allergy History and Mental Health Concerns surveys...
April 2024: World Allergy Organization Journal