Évaluation de l'impact psychosocial parental de l'allergie alimentaire de l'enfant.

Food allergy is a growing public health problem. This increase in prevalence has notably led to greater awareness of the burden of living with a food allergy, particularly the emotional, social and financial problems it causes. In the clinic, the speech of patients' parents often revolves around the feeling of loneliness and incomprehension of those around them, the need for control and hypervigilance. Although several studies have recently been published on the impact of food allergy on quality of life, data on the mental health of patients and families remains fragmentary and vague. A qualitative study has been carried out within the Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergology at Robert-Debré Hospital in order to assess the parental psychosocial impact, and anxiety in the case linked to the child's food allergy, in the form of a focus group. These group times allow families to discuss and discuss the impact of this disease, which is often trivialized even though it requires major life adjustments (eviction diet, emergency action plan, potential hospitalizations in intensive care). The objective of this workshop is to present this multidisciplinary research work (hospital practitioner, psychologist, therapeutic education nurse) and to allow us as caregivers to better understand parental difficulties in order to offer ever more qualitative follow-up for these vulnerable families. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]