Abstract
To investigate an actual condition of allergic disease in day nurseries, we did a questionnaire mainly on food allergy to 160 authorized day nurseries in Kitakyusyu City and 15339 guardians of the registered children. The collection rate of the questionnaire was 100% and 92.2% respectively. In the questionnaire for the guardians allergic disease prevalence was 26.2% and food allergy prevalence was 5.3%. Although children who have dietary restriction at home were 68.7%, children who have restricted in the same way in day nurseries were 68.6%. There was a difference in the ratio of children who was doing dietary restriction in the home and day nurseries. 78.3% of the directions person of dietary restriction was a doctor. However, the doctor who directed the method of dietary restriction in detail was 73.7%. In the questionnaire for day nurseries, more than a half kept medicine for some allergic diseases. Day nurseries where allergic symptoms occurred in children were 35.6%. Although there was no serious case, such as anaphylactic shock, day nurseries that anxiously to correspondence were 20% or more. In the future it is necessary such as enlightenment activity of appropriate allergic guidance and good quality information for the guardians and furthermore an education for day nurseries.
