Green, Yellow, and Red risk perception in everyday life - a communication tool

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dc.check.date2018-01-24
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dc.contributor.authorStensgaard, A.
dc.contributor.authorDunn Galvin, Audrey
dc.contributor.authorNielsen, D.
dc.contributor.authorMunch, M.
dc.contributor.authorBindslev-Jensen, Carsten
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-12T10:42:44Z
dc.date.available2017-06-12T10:42:44Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-24
dc.date.updated2017-06-12T10:27:08Z
dc.description.abstractBackground: Adolescents have the highest risk for food allergy-related fatalities. Our main aim was to investigate the level of risk in everyday social situations as perceived by adolescents/young adults with peanut allergy, their families, and their friends. Methods: The web-based ‘Colours Of Risks’ (COR) questionnaire was completed by 70 patients (aged 12–23 years), 103 mothers and fathers, 31 siblings (aged 12–26 years), and 42 friends (aged 12–24 years). COR deals with six main contexts (home, school/university, work, visiting/social activities, special occasions/parties, and vacations), each with 1-12 items. Response categories are green (I feel safe), yellow (I feel uncertain), or red (I feel everything is risky). Results: There was a high level of agreement between participants in defining situations as safe, uncertain, or risky, but female patients and mothers rated fewer situations as safe compared to male patients and fathers. Being with close friends and family, and attending planned parties without alcohol were perceived as situations of low risk. While 94% of patients took an epinephrine auto-injector (EAI) into risky situations, only 65% took it into safe situations. In contrast to the close family, 31% of the friends did not know the patient had an EAI, and fewer knew how to administer the EAI. Conclusion: Young adults with peanut allergy face challenges when moving from the safe home with ready assistance if needed, to independence with unpredictable surroundings and less certain help. Perceived ‘safe’ situations may in fact be the riskiest, as patients often do not take the EAI with them.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationStensgaard, A., Dunn Galvin, A., Nielsen, D., Munch, M. and Bindslev-Jensen, C. (2017) 'Green, Yellow, and Red risk perception in everyday life - a communication tool', Allergy, 72 (7), pp. 1114-1122. doi:10.1111/all.13095en
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/all.13095
dc.identifier.endpage1122en
dc.identifier.issn1398-9995
dc.identifier.issued7en
dc.identifier.journaltitleAllergyen
dc.identifier.startpage1114en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/4069
dc.identifier.volume72en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.en
dc.rightsThis is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Stensgaard, A., Dunn Galvin, A., Nielsen, D., Munch, M. and Bindslev-Jensen, C. (2017) 'Green, Yellow, and Red risk perception in everyday life - a communication tool', Allergy, 72 (7), pp. 1114-1122, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/all.13095. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.en
dc.subjectAdolescentsen
dc.subjectYoung adultsen
dc.subjectFood allergyen
dc.subjectHealth-related quality of lifeen
dc.subjectSelf-managementen
dc.subjectRisk perceptionen
dc.subjectSafety perceptionen
dc.titleGreen, Yellow, and Red risk perception in everyday life - a communication toolen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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