Validation of the English Version of the Scale for Psychosocial Factors in Food Allergy and the Relationship with Mental Health, Quality of Life, and Self-Efficacy

Table 3

Differences in SPS-FA mean (standard deviation) scores in relation to food allergy characteristics.

	Psychosocial impact (SPS-FA)
	Yes	No	value	value
History of anaphylaxis	3.45 (2.12)	2.80 (1.98)	2.94	0.013
Hospitalisation	3.46 (2.12)	2.68 (1.94)	3.76	<0.001
Presence of asthma	3.39 (2.14)	2.52 (1.68)	4.04	<0.001
Presence of eczema	3.35 (2.10)	2.38 (1.78)	3.16	0.002
Milk allergy	3.81 (2.08)	2.98 (2.06)	3.71	<0.001
Egg allergy	3.69 (2.02)	2.92 (2.10)	3.75	<0.001