The impact of anaphylaxis on the quality of life and mental health of adults.

Those with anaphylaxis to food or with spontaneous anaphylaxis reported a bigger impact on their anaphylaxis-specific QoL compared to those with medication or venom as a cause. Poorer anaphylaxis-specific QoL (as measured by the A-QoL-Adults) significantly related to greater anxiety ( I r i = .69), depression ( I r i = .54), stress ( I r i = .38) and poorer generic physical ( I r i = -.50), psychological ( I r i = -.45), social ( I r i = -.36) and environmental QoL ( I r i = -.48). Keywords: adults; anaphylaxis; mental health; quality of life; stress EN adults anaphylaxis mental health quality of life stress 121 125 5 01/27/23 20230101 NES 230101 Key messages Poorer anaphylaxis-specific QoL is significantly related to greater stress, depression, anxiety, demographic and clinical variables. Post hoc tests showed that those with anaphylaxis to medication reported significantly worse physical QoL than those reporting anaphylaxis to venom ( I p i < .01) (Table 2). [Extracted from the article]