Rheumatology Diet Study
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Diet Habit, Rheumatologic Disease, Autoimmune Diseases, Rheumatoid Arthritis. Basic parameters: 18 years — 65 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Title of Study: Eating Habits and Symptom Severity in Autoimmune Diseases: a Patient Survey
Overview
This study aims to collect information on rheumatology patients' dietary habits, autoimmune disease activity, dietary changes, disease symptom improvements, and perceptions on their dietary habits and how it affects their autoimmune disease. The main objective is to see if rheumatology patients change their dietary habits after their diagnosis of an autoimmune disease and if it subjectively improved their disease symptoms. It will also look at rheumatology patients' expectations for their rheumatologist when it comes to dietary advice and what resources they used to choose their new dietary habits. The study also seeks to measure the interest that rheumatology patients have in pursuing dietary changes as a means of controlling the symptoms of their autoimmune disease. It is expected that patients who changed their eating habits to healthier diets such as a Mediterranean diet would report less severe autoimmune disease symptoms. There are limited dietary recommendations for the management of many rheumatological diseases, so this study seeks to assess rheumatology patients' willingness to try dietary modifications, what improvements they had, and why they decide to make these changes in light of limited information.
Primary outcome measures
- To determine how diet habits and activity affects autoimmune diseases using the proper statistical tests for the data set such as t-test and ANOVA. [Time frame: 4 months]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- To identify if rheumatology patients change their dietary habits after their diagnosis of an autoimmune disease and if it subjectively improved their disease symptoms. [Time frame: 4 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Adults (over 18 years old) patients
- established UCF Health patients
- diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, dermatomyositis/polymyositis, Sjogren's Syndrome, systemic lupus erythematous, scleroderma, osteoarthritis, or fibromyalgia.
Exclusion criteria
- UCF Students, Faculty or Staff
- Children or Young Adults Under the age of 18
- Adults over 65
- Pregnant Women
- Prisoners
- Adults to Unable to Consent
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Case-only
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- UCF Health Clinics — Orlando
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06339957 · STUDY00006394