Project overview
The TIGER study aims to answer the research question: 鈥淒oes food allergy test-guided dietary advice improve disease control in children with eczema?鈥
Eczema is very common in children and causes dry, itchy skin and sleep disturbance. Many parents wonder whether food allergy might be causing the eczema, or making it worse, but there is little research to show whether or not dietary changes or allergy tests are useful for eczema. In the TIGER study, we want to find out whether making changes to the diet of children with eczema, based on the results of food allergy tests, improves eczema or not.
To do this we will compare two groups in a randomised controlled trial:
鈥tandard care group: Children in the standard care group will have normal care for their eczema from their GP plus a 鈥淕ood eczema care鈥 leaflet.
鈥ietary advice group: Children in the 鈥渄ietary advice鈥 group will receive the 鈥淕ood eczema care鈥 leaflet plus dietary advice based on food allergy tests (skin prick test for cow鈥檚 milk, hen鈥檚 egg, wheat and soya).
Then all children鈥檚 eczema will be followed up for nine months to compare any differences between the two groups.
This is a collaboration between the University of Bristol, 黑料社 and the University of Manchester.
Eczema is very common in children and causes dry, itchy skin and sleep disturbance. Many parents wonder whether food allergy might be causing the eczema, or making it worse, but there is little research to show whether or not dietary changes or allergy tests are useful for eczema. In the TIGER study, we want to find out whether making changes to the diet of children with eczema, based on the results of food allergy tests, improves eczema or not.
To do this we will compare two groups in a randomised controlled trial:
鈥tandard care group: Children in the standard care group will have normal care for their eczema from their GP plus a 鈥淕ood eczema care鈥 leaflet.
鈥ietary advice group: Children in the 鈥渄ietary advice鈥 group will receive the 鈥淕ood eczema care鈥 leaflet plus dietary advice based on food allergy tests (skin prick test for cow鈥檚 milk, hen鈥檚 egg, wheat and soya).
Then all children鈥檚 eczema will be followed up for nine months to compare any differences between the two groups.
This is a collaboration between the University of Bristol, 黑料社 and the University of Manchester.
