Perception, attitudes, beliefs and policy consideration of food allergy
| Item | Total study sample (N=882), % (n) | ||
| Disagree | Neutral | Agree | |
| Stigma and acceptability | |||
| Food allergy serious problem in Kuwait | 14.2 (125) | 41.4 (365) | 44.4 (392) |
| People with food allergies treated differently | 13.9 (123) | 26.4 (233) | 59.6 (526) |
| Parents of food-allergic child overprotective | 31.5 (278) | 40.8 (360) | 27.7 (244) |
| Food-allergic children teased at school | 51.8 (457) | 33.3 (294) | 14.9 (131) |
| Would worry over student with food allergy | 31.1 (274) | 22.7 (200) | 46.3 (408) |
| Perceptions of quality of life | |||
| Avoiding allergenic food is difficult | 30.0 (265) | 36.3 (320) | 33.7 (297) |
| People worry a lot about their food allergy | 20.0 (176) | 25.7 (227) | 54.3 (479) |
| Hard to eat out safely with food allergy | 23.9 (211) | 26.8 (236) | 49.3 (435) |
| Treatment and use of healthcare | |||
| Having injectable epinephrine (EpiPen) important for child with severe food allergy | 19.7 (174) | 32.5 (287) | 47.7 (421) |
| Policy issues | |||
| Schools should have plans to keep food-allergic children safe | 21.7 (191) | 15.4 (136) | 62.9 (555) |
| Schools should ban all products with nuts | 29.4 (259) | 35.7 (315) | 34.9 (308) |
| Schools should have special table for food-allergic child | 29.4 (259) | 25.2 (222) | 45.5 (401) |
| Unfair if a student cannot have peanut butter sandwich | 27.0 (238) | 32.4 (286) | 40.6 (358) |