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A qualitative study of the allergy testing experiences, views and preferences of adult patients

Overview of attention for article published in Clinical and Translational Allergy, August 2016
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Title
A qualitative study of the allergy testing experiences, views and preferences of adult patients
Published in
Clinical and Translational Allergy, August 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13601-016-0125-8
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Authors

Clare E. Brown, Christina J. Jones, Laura Stuttaford, Annalee Robertson, Rabia S. Rashid, Helen E. Smith

Abstract

Patients can be tested for IgE sensitivities with in vivo or in vitro testing, but patients' experiences of different allergy test modalities have not been studied. The objective of this study was to investigate adult patients' experiences, views and preferences for allergy testing, exploring skin prick testing and allergen-specific IgE testing. A qualitative study of adults attending out-patients for investigation of a suspected allergy. A purposive, convenience sample identified participants and semi-structured interviews were conducted, face to face or by telephone. Interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Thematic content analysis was used to explore patients' experiences. 23 patients were interviewed. The characteristics of skin prick tests particularly valued were the immediacy and visibility of results, which enabled testing and interpretation to be achieved within a single clinic appointment. In vitro testing offered patients simplicity and procedural speed, necessitating only a single puncture site, and was perceived to be a superior test as it was conducted in a laboratory. The patient preferred method of allergy testing was skin prick testing rather than in vitro allergen specific IgE testing. However, most patients were accepting of either testing modality because their desire to confirm or exclude an allergic trigger overrode any perceived disadvantages of the test method. Not applicable as study descriptive and qualitative.

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Unknown 10 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 2 20%
Student > Master 1 10%
Unknown 7 70%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 2 20%
Energy 1 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 10%
Unknown 6 60%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 April 2017.
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#2,398,418
of 22,884,315 outputs
Outputs from Clinical and Translational Allergy
#143
of 667 outputs
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#43,831
of 336,882 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Clinical and Translational Allergy
#2
of 11 outputs
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