The management of food allergy in Indonesia

Abstract

Prevalence of allergic diseases is increasing worldwide, including food allergy. It is different between countries because food allergy can vary by culture and population. Prevalence of food allergy in Indonesia is unknown; therefore it is not known yet the burden and impact of food allergy in our population. However, we already start to formulate guidelines for diagnosis and management of food allergy, especially cow's milk allergy.

Cow's milk allergy guidelines: a quality appraisal with the AGREE II instrument

“…Five guidelines failed to reach a score of 60% . The lowest score for overall quality was 17% and was given to the national Indonesian guidelines .…”

“…Two guidelines received the highest score (100%) . However, 10 received scores below 60% (ranging from 3% to 50%) . These low scores were due to limited reporting.…”

“…Six (40%) of the guidelines were categorized as ‘recommended’ , (47%), as ‘recommended with modifications’ , and two (13.3%) , as ‘not recommended’.…”

“…1. Overall, 15 guidelines were included [2,[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. Table S1 summarizes the characteristics of the excluded documents, including the reasons for exclusion.…”

“…Domain 2 (Stakeholder involvement)-For this domain, the mean AE SD score was 56% AE 33% (median: 57%; range: 4-100%). One guideline received the highest score for this domain (100%) [18], and nine guidelines received scores below 60% (ranging from 4% to 59%) [10,[13][14][15][16][19][20][21][22]. The main reason for the low scores was an inadequate amount of data to assess.…”