Web-based system improves at-home reporting of OIT for food allergies

Individuals with food allergies were more likely to effectively report home treatment during oral immunotherapy using a Web-based reporting system than a conventional diary, according to study results.Liat Nachshon, MD, of the Allergy and Immunology Institute at the Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center in Israel, and colleagues developed the electronic reporting system and introduced it to 157 children aged 4 years and younger who were enrolled in milk, peanut or egg oral immunotherapy (OIT) for at least 4 weeks. The researchers sought to see if participants would be more compliant in reporting home therapy via a Web-based system vs. a paper-based diary.