A burden of respiratory and allergic symptoms up to almost 60% has been observed in young and adult athletes, influencing physical performances1 . The Allergy Questionnaire for Athletes (AQUA©) is a validated screening tool for the prediction of the atopic status in adult athletes2 ; it was recently tested in Belgian young elite athletes (12-14 years old)3 , but its actual feasibility and suitability for children and adolescent was not evaluated. Indeed, there is evidence that children are prone to employ "satisficing" response strategies, answering every question positively/negatively, or simply not answering4 . Therefore, the present cross-sectional survey was carried out to assess feasibility of a linguistically simplified version of AQUA© in children and adolescents, stratifying by sport practice and focusing on the core items (12 questions, 5 to 14 and 16 to 17) related to allergy. The study was approved by the local Institutional Ethics Committee (Palermo 1, Italy, Approval Number: 07/2017), and registered on the central registration system ClinicalTrials. gov (ID: NCT03286894). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Fasola, S., Bellafiore, M., Baiardini, I., Bonini, M., Del Giacco, S., Ferrante, G., et al. (2019). Feasibility of the Allergy Questionnaire for Athletes (AQUA©) in pediatric age. PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY, 30(2), 242-245 [10.1111/pai.13006].

Feasibility of the Allergy Questionnaire for Athletes (AQUA©) in pediatric age

Bellafiore, Marianna
Methodology
;
Ferrante, Giuliana;
2019-01-01

Abstract

A burden of respiratory and allergic symptoms up to almost 60% has been observed in young and adult athletes, influencing physical performances1 . The Allergy Questionnaire for Athletes (AQUA©) is a validated screening tool for the prediction of the atopic status in adult athletes2 ; it was recently tested in Belgian young elite athletes (12-14 years old)3 , but its actual feasibility and suitability for children and adolescent was not evaluated. Indeed, there is evidence that children are prone to employ "satisficing" response strategies, answering every question positively/negatively, or simply not answering4 . Therefore, the present cross-sectional survey was carried out to assess feasibility of a linguistically simplified version of AQUA© in children and adolescents, stratifying by sport practice and focusing on the core items (12 questions, 5 to 14 and 16 to 17) related to allergy. The study was approved by the local Institutional Ethics Committee (Palermo 1, Italy, Approval Number: 07/2017), and registered on the central registration system ClinicalTrials. gov (ID: NCT03286894). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
2019
Fasola, S., Bellafiore, M., Baiardini, I., Bonini, M., Del Giacco, S., Ferrante, G., et al. (2019). Feasibility of the Allergy Questionnaire for Athletes (AQUA©) in pediatric age. PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY, 30(2), 242-245 [10.1111/pai.13006].
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