• Jooyoung Cheon, Chung Min Cho, Hyo Jin Kim, and Dong Hee Kim.
• College of Nursing, Sungshin Women's University, Dobong-ro 76ga-gil, Gangbuk-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Sep 9; 101 (36): e30404e30404.

BackgroundEducational intervention along with medical treatment is important to improve the quality of life of children with food allergies and their parents. This systematic review was designed to investigate the effects of education programs for parents and children with food allergies to provide a direction for developing an intervention program to improve their quality of life.MethodsA systematic review was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Relevant studies published between January 2010 and August 2021 were identified through a systematic search of 5 databases (PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trial, and Psycho Info).ResultsA total of 2351 articles were identified. Of these, 9 met the inclusion criteria after duplicates were removed. Among these, only 2 studies, using the support and handbook provided, showed significant results on quality of life.DiscussionThere is a lack of educational interventions for children with food allergies and their parents. Educational intervention, an essential intervention, can maximize medical treatment and improve overall quality of life. Hence, these interventions should be actively developed and applied in the future.Copyright © 2022 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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