Assessing Risk of Food Insecurity Within Households of Children With Food Allergy

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Our central hypothesis is that dietary limitations introduced by food allergy will contribute to increased food insecurity in households with food allergic children when compared to food insecure households without food allergic children.

Detailed Description
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Specific Aim 1 To describe food insecurity in families of the pediatric allergy population, specifically comparing the prevalence of food insecurity rates between households of food allergic patients and households of allergic patients without food allergy. Specific Aim 2 To examine health literacy in parents of patients in the pediatric allergy population, comparing food insecure patients with and without food allergy to food secure patients with food allergy. Specific Aim 3 To examine quality of life in food allergic patients' households using the food allergy impact scale, comparing food allergic patients' households with food insecurity to food allergic patients' households without food insecurity.

Official Title
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Assessing Risk of Food Insecurity Within Households of Children With Food Allergy

Conditions
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Food Allergy, Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis, Atopic Dermatitis, Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Parents whose child has an allergy appointment with the Allergy and Immunology Department at Arkansas Children's Hospital between 1-17 years of age with allergic disease Exclusion Criteria: Parents whose child has an allergy appointment with the Allergy and Immunology Department at Arkansas Children's Hospital less than 1 years of age or 18 years of age and older will not be eligible to participate in this study. Children with immunodeficiency disease will be excluded.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 1 Year
Maximum Age: 17 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Presence of food insecurity within an atopic population | The primary outcome variable of interest is the presence of food insecurity (patients with Low Food Security or Very Low Food Security). A chi-square test of independence will be used to test the association between food insecurity and food allergy. | 1.25 years | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Literacy Rate | A logistic regression analysis will be done to test the effect of food allergy and food insecurity on the health illiteracy rates after adjusting for confounding variables such as demographics. Appropriate contrasts for the interaction effect between food allergy and food insecurity will also be used to compare health literacy rates. | 1.25 years | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Food insecurity, Health literacy, Quality of life