AQUApay (AQUA Predictive Ability in Youths): Study on the Predictive Ability of the Questionnaire AQUA© in Children and Adolescents

Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica133 enrolled

Overview

Allergic diseases like asthma, rhinitis, conjunctivitis and dermatitis are very frequent in athletes, even if those complaining allergic symptoms do not always receive a medical diagnosis. Many athletes already start competitive sport activities in pediatric age, but allergy screening tests are usually not performed when assessing eligibility to sport practice. Therefore, the objective of the present study is assessing the predictive ability of the Allergy Questionnaire for Athletes (AQUA©), pediatric version, to predict the atopic status in young athletes.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

133

Conditions

Young Athletes

Interventions

Questionnaire AQUA©, pediatric versionDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

A version of AQUA© recently adapted and pretested in young athletes. It is a self-administered questionnaire composed of 25 items includes items about type, duration and intensity of training sessions, allergic status, habits of children (supplements and drugs intake) and their parents (smoking), presence and burden of infections.

Sex: ALLMin age: 7 YearsMax age: 14 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: \- Athletes, males or females, 7 to 14 years old Exclusion Criteria: * Use of systemic antihistamines or long term or high dose corticosteroids in the last two weeks; * Poor understanding of written or spoken Italian; * Lack of written informed consent.

Locations (1)

Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology (IBIM), National Research Council

Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Atopic status

Having at least 1 positive skin prick test to common aero-allergens

Time frame: Day 0

Secondary Outcomes

Psychological well-being

Percentage score from the WHO-5 questionnaire for measuring psychological well-being. The questionnaire is composed of 5 questions scored on a scale ranging from 0 (worse outcome) to 5 (best outcome). The total (raw) score is obtaining by summing all the individual score items, therefore it ranges from 0 (worse outcome) to 25 (best outcome). To obtain a percentage score ranging from 0 to 100, the raw score is multiplied by 4. A percentage score of 0 represents worst possible outcome, whereas a score of 100 represents best possible outcome.