An observational study in Diet Habit, Rheumatologic Disease and Autoimmune Diseases, sponsored by University of Central Florida. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-12-06.
Sponsored by University of Central Florida · Observational
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.
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This study's planned enrollment of 500 is above the median of 183 across 270 observational studies indexed under Feeding Behavior.
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The participants are expected to come from the established rheumatology patient census at the UCF Health Clinics. The research team will identify potential participants via pre-screening the electronic medical records for the inclusion criteria.
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Exclusion Criteria:
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
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
Plan to share: No
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Started Mar 2024 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Jul 2025, 16 months after the start.
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