Nutricion hospitalaria | 2021
[Analysis of health-related quality life in celiac patients].
Abstract
INTRODUCTION\nthe treatment of celiac disease is gluten-free diet for life. This can impact the quality of life (QoL) of patients.\n\n\nOBJECTIVES\nthe objective was to evaluate the QoL and the factors with an impact on QoL in a sample of celiac children.\n\n\nMETHODS AND MATERIALS\na descriptive observational study. QoL was evaluated using the Celiac Disease Dux Questionnaire (CDDUX). Adherence to gluten-free diet was assessed with the Celiac Dietary Adherence Test (CDAT) and the presence of gluten immunogenic peptides (GIP) in the feces. Sociodemographic and clinical data were collected, and an ad-hoc survey was developed.\n\n\nRESULTS\neighty patients were included. Median CDDUX score was 44.04 points (QoL: neutral ). Subscale scores included: communication , 58.3 points ( neutral ); having CD , 25 points ( Bad ); and diet , 41.6 points ( neutral ). QoL was worse among patients with celiac relatives (the result of the survey was bad vs. neutral with p = 0.02) and among those who found unsatisfactory the somatosensory characteristics and the price of gluten-free food (the result of the survey was bad vs. neutral with p = 0.02). Those who found unsatisfactory the texture of these food reported a worse QoL ( bad vs. neutral , p = 0.009). Those who reported eating outside the home as a transgression inducer reported a bad QoL; those who did not, reported a neutral QoL (p = 0.03).\n\n\nCONCLUSIONS\nceliac patients report a neutral QoL. A poorer QoL was related to having celiac relatives, finding gluten-free food unsatisfactory, and considering eating outside the home as an inducer.