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Background: Food allergy is associated with stress, anxiety, and impairment in quality of life in both children and families. This study aimed to assess the anxiety of mothers in the case of suspected food allergy in their children and the influence of Internet usage on their levels of anxiety and food elimination., Methods: Ninety-two patients aged 0-2 years presented at a pediatric allergy department following either a physicians' presumptive diagnosis or family's suspicion of food allergy (Group 1) and 99 healthy controls (Group 2) were evaluated. The clinical diagnosis of food allergy was confirmed or excluded by oral food challenge (OFC). The validated Turkish version of Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) was applied to the mothers of both groups on admission and to Group 1 3 months after OFC., Results: The state and trait anxiety (STAI-S and STAI-T) scores were significantly higher in Group 1 than Group 2 (P < 0.001, z = 5.410, and P = 0.021, z = 2.304, respectively). Seventy-nine mothers (85.9%) had been eliminating foods on admission. Thirty-seven (40.2%) mothers had eliminated foods on their own. The performance of food allergy-related Web searches was significantly higher among mothers who eliminated foods by themselves than those who did not (P = 0.004, χ 2  = 8.391, df = 1). The second STAI-S score was significantly lower among mothers whose children's food allergy diagnosis was excluded than confirmed (effect size = 1.06 (95% CI: 0.56-1.57), P = 0.001, z = 3.442)., Conclusion: It is important to make a correct food allergy diagnosis with a detailed allergy work-up, including OFC, to avoid anxiety and not cause unnecessary food elimination., (© 2019 EAACI and John Wiley and Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd.)

Introduction: Maternal stress, depression and anxiety are associated with atopic dermatitis (AD) in offspring. However, the relationship between maternal obsessive compulsive symptoms (OCS) and AD in their children is unclear. Aim: To investigate whether maternal OCS are associated with AD in offspring. Material and methods: A total of 75 children with AD diagnosed by the paediatric allergist and 76 healthy children and their mothers were included in the study. A Turkish version of the Maudsley Obsessive Compulsive Inventory (MOCI-T) was used to assess OCS of mothers in both groups. Results: Total MOCI-T score and slowness, doubt, and rumination subscale scores were higher in the AD group than in the healthy group (p = 0.007, p = 0.001, p = 0.012 and p = 0.011, respectively) but washing/cleaning and checking subscale scores did not reach a statistically significant difference (p = 0.203 and p = 0.053, respectively). There was no correlation between SCORing Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD) and MOCI-T/subscales scores. Conclusions: Our study provides evidence for associations between maternal OCS and infantile AD. The findings support recommendations for psychosocial support of mothers of children with AD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study to determine the effects of sleep deprivation induced anxiety on anaerobic performance. Participants performed an anaerobic test for three times, following a full-night of habitual sleep, following 30 hours of sleep deprivation, and following partial-night sleep deprivation. Findings proposed that 30 hours continuous wakefulness may increase anxiety level, whereas one night of partial sleep deprivation was ineffective on both state anxiety and anaerobic performance.