2022 Volume 36 Issue 3 Pages 203-210
Background: To secure safe school life for children with allergic diseases, especially food allergy, the School Life Management and Instruction Sheet for Allergic Diseases (SLMIS-A) have been developed by The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology. A physician prepares SLMIS-A for children with allergic diseases who need special care at school, and schools care the children based on the document. However, occasional erroneous description in SLMIS-A causes confusion. We have developed a web application to support non-specialist physicians to prepare SLMIS-A. We investigated accuracy of the application for food allergy.
Method: Cross-sectional observational study. Data input into the application was performed based on pre-oral food challenge (OFC) questionnaire filled by caregivers of patients with egg, milk, wheat, or peanut allergy between January and August 2020. Output of the application was then compared with the actual SLMIS-A separately filled out by physicians at pediatric allergy department.
Result: A total of 94 input was performed. The consistency rate was 100% for the description of food allergy type and 90.4% for the causative food.
Conclusion: The application may enable non-specialist doctors to prepare a correct SLMIS-A for children with food allergy.
