Parenting Stress and Satisfaction with Online Food Allergy Information in Mothers of Children with Food Allergies

Abstract

We explored parenting stress and the use of food allergy information in mothers of children with food allergies. Further, we considered methods for parenting support based on the utilization of online food allergy information. Questionnaires were distributed to mothers (N = 77) of children between the ages of 0 and 12, who had food allergy, and visited Hospital X. One-way analysis of variance and Spearman’s correlation coefficient were used for statistical analyses. Parenting stress scores in mothers of 0- to 3-year-old children with food allergies were high, with 44.8% of these mothers scoring in the Higher satisfaction with online allergy information was shown to correlate with lower parenting stress. By improving information on food allergies available online, it may be possible to improve satisfaction in mothers of children with food allergies, thereby reducing their parenting stress. 80th percentile or above. This suggests a high level of parenting stress. A significant negative correlation was found between satisfaction with online food allergy information and parenting stress.