Diet Habit, Feeding Behavior, Inflammatory Rheumatism, Psoriatic Arthritis, Rheumatic Disease, Rheumatic Disorder, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Spondylitis, Ankylosing, Spondyloarthritis
Conditions
Keywords
Survey, Questionnaire, Diet, Inflammatory Rheumatism
Brief summary
A French Survey on patients' practices, knowledge and beliefs about diet in chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, spondylarthritis) Use of a questionnaire about what patients have heard concerning diet and rheumatism, what kind of diet they tried eventually and how it affected their health and disease
Interventions
OTHERQuestionnaire
A questionnaire about beliefs on food and diet in rheumatic diseases, and if a diet was tried what effect it had on health and rheumatism
Sponsors
Poitiers University Hospital
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age ≥ 18 years * Patient with chronic inflammatory rheumatism (rheumatoid arthritis, spondylarthritis, psoriatic arthritis) according to the diagnostic criteria commonly admitted * Patient followed in the rheumatology department of the University Hospital of Poitiers (France) * Free patient, without guardianship or tutelage or subordination * Patient not opposing to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
* Patient withdrawing consent * Patient who does not meet criteria for chronic inflammatory disease (rheumatoid arthritis, spondylarthritis, psoriatic arthritis) according to the diagnostic criteria commonly admitted after examination of medical record
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Prevalence (rate) of patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatism who have changed their dietary practices since being diagnosed. | 6 months | To assess the prevalence of dietary changes in patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatism (rheumatoid arthritis, spondylarthritis and psoriatic arthritis) using a questionnaire |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rate of patients following each specific diet (gluten free, vegetarian, dairy products free, ...) | 6 months | To describe the practices, knowledge and beliefs about diets of patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatism using a questionnaire |
| Comparison of the rates of patients believing that diet affects their rheumatism, between each subgroup of rheumatism | 6 months | To compare dietary beliefs, knowledge and practices between different patient subgroups (rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis, psoriatic arthritis) with their answers to the questionnaire |
| Rate of patients believing that diet affects their rheumatism | 6 months | To describe the practices, knowledge and beliefs about diets of patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatism using a questionnaire |
| Comparison of the rates of patients who were able to stop a part of their treatment between the diet and non-diet groups | 6 months | To compare drug management and disease activity between different dietary practices (with and without practice modification) with their answers to the questionnaire |
| Comparison of disease activity by the level of C reactive protein, DAS 28, ASDAS and BASDAI between the diet and non-diet groups | 6 months | To compare drug management and disease activity between different dietary practices (with and without practice modification) with their answers to the questionnaire |
| Comparison of the rates of patients following each specific diet (gluten free, vegetarian, dairy products free, ...) between each subgroup of rheumatism | 6 months | To compare dietary beliefs, knowledge and practices between different patient subgroups (rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis, psoriatic arthritis) with their answers to the questionnaire |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed