Development and Validation of Educational Materials for Food Allergy - 15/03/12
, Perla A. Vargas, PhD 2, Marion E. Groetch, MS, RD 1, Lynn Christie, MS, RD 3, Suzanne K. Carlisle, RN 3, Sally Noone, RN 1, Stacie M. Jones, MD 3
Reprint requests: Scott H. Sicherer, MD, Division of Allergy/Immunology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Box 1198, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029-6574.Abstract |
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. On a 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.
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| Supported by National Institutes of Health-National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Consortium of Food Allergy Research (U19AI066738 and U01AI066560). The authors declare no conflicts of interest. |
Vol 160 - N° 4
P. 651-656 - avril 2012 Retour au numéro
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