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Mauro M, Bignardi D, Baiardini I, Bonadonna P, Braschi MC, Emiliani F, Guerra L, Liberati S, Olivieri F, Pravettoni V, Preziosi D, Ridolo E, Rivolta F, Martini M, Bilò MB. Health-related Quality of Life in Hymenoptera Venom Allergy: Validation of the Italian version of the Vespid Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaire (VQLQ-i). Eur Ann Allergy Clin Immunol 2024. [PMID: 38235503 DOI: 10.23822/eurannaci.1764-1489.325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- M Mauro
- Allergy Unit, Division of Pulmonology, S. Anna Hospital, ASST-Lariana, Como, Italy
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- Allergology Unit, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genoa, Italy
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- Allergy Unit and Asthma Center, Verona University Hospital, Verona, Italy
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- Allergy Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy
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- Allergy Unit, AUSL della Romagna, Faenza, Italy
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- Allergology Unit, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genoa, Italy
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- Allergy Unit, Ospedale Infermi di Rimini, Rimini, Italy
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- Allergy Unit and Asthma Center, Verona University Hospital, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Foudation Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Allergy Unit, Division of Pulmonology, S. Anna Hospital, ASST-Lariana, Como, Italy
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- Allergy and Immunology, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Foudation Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Allergy Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy
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- Allergy Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy
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Cichocka-Jarosz E, Brzyski P, Świebocka E, Lange J, Tobiasz-Adamczyk B, Lis G, Jedynak-Wąsowicz U, Kulus M, Kaczmarski M, Małaczyńska T, Klajna-Kraluk B, Bręborowicz A, Kycler Z, Pietrzyk JJ. Health-related quality of life in Polish adolescents with Hymenoptera venom allergy treated with venom immunotherapy. Arch Med Sci 2012; 8:1076-82. [PMID: 23319984 PMCID: PMC3542499 DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2012.32419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2012] [Revised: 04/21/2012] [Accepted: 05/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Venom allergy, though rare, may seriously influence health-related quality of life (HRQoL). There is a paucity of research on HRQoL of adolescents and young adults with Hymenoptera venom allergy. The aim was to assess the level of HRQoL and to evaluate its independent predictors in Polish adolescents and young adults treated with venom immunotherapy. MATERIAL AND METHODS A multicenter cross-sectional study based on the Vespid Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaire (VQLQ) adapted for Polish adolescents was used. The study sample included 87 patients (14-21 years) studied at different stages of venom immunotherapy (VIT). Statistical analysis was done with multivariate linear regression. RESULTS Anxiety level was higher in patients with 4(th) grade of Mueller's classification (anaphylactic shock) than in those with 3(rd) grade (B = 0.84, 95% CI = 0.07-1.61, p = 0.03). Caution increased along with an increase of anxiety of adolescents treated with VIT (B = 0.54, 95% CI = 0.39-0.68, p < 0.01). Level of limitations increased with increasing caution of adolescents (B = 0.63, 95% CI = 0.35-0.91, p < 0.01). Discomfort increased along with a rise of caution of patients (B = 0.38, 95% CI = 0.22-0.55, p < 0.01). Similarly, it increased with an increase of their feeling of limitations (B = 0.37, 95% CI = 0.23-0.51, p < 0.01). The level of discomfort in adolescents treated with VIT was lower in those who were treated with conventional protocol in comparison to those treated with rush or ultra-rush ones (B = -0.47, 95% CI = -0.90 - -0.03, p = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS Severity of anaphylactic reaction is an independent determinant of anxiety level in adolescents treated with VIT. The VIT protocol affects HRQoL of treated patients.
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- Ewa Cichocka-Jarosz
- Chair of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Medical Sociology, Chair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Gastroenterology and Allergology, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy, Warsaw Medical University, Poland
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- Department of Medical Sociology, Chair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Chair of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Chair of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy, Warsaw Medical University, Poland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Gastroenterology and Allergology, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
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- Regional Center of Allergology, Pulmonology and Cystic Fibrosis, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Pneumonology, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland
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- Department of Pneumonology, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland
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- Chair of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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