The BELANA questionnaire measures the health economic burdens of food allergy and intolerance in multinational settings
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Methods The BELANA questionnaire (Burdens and Expenses of Living as Adult with Nutrition based Allergy or Intolerance) has been developed to measure the temporal and financial burdens from the patient’s perspective. BELANA includes possible temporal losses (disability days, reduction in productivity, hospitalizations) as well as direct costs (additional costs for food purchases). For the complementary measurement of Health Related Quality of Life (HR-QoL), a combined appliance of the disease-specific FAQLQ-AF (Food Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaire Adult Form) and the generic SF-12v1 has been chosen. BELANA avoids questions, already included in the standard HR-QoL questionnaires.
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