Year: 2025
Type: preprint
Abstract: To the Editor, Food allergy (FA) is a serious and potentially fatal condition to predominantly protein in food and is associated with high levels of anxiety, worry, stress and poor quality of life (QoL) in patients and families 1 .Unfortunately, the UK is experiencing a large unmet need for psychological services, and there are often long waiting times to get a referral to an allergy clinic 2 .Dr Helen Evans-Howells, a GP with an interest in allergy, set up an online FA clinic.New members obtain a 15-30 minute 1-to-1 with Dr Evans-Howells, repeated after 6 months of membership.They also gain access to a closed Facebook group where they can get support from other families and any questions posted are answered by the clinical team.Monthly online group sessions with a Q&A component on an FA-related topic are held with a dermatologist, clinical psychologist, dietician and GP and there are also monthly expert speaker sessions.This study aimed to
Authors: Suzanna Purser EM, Helen Evans-Howells E, Clare Bristow, Rebecca Knibb
Institution: Aston University
Language: English
Subfield: Immunology and Allergy
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4417426411