Differences in Quality of Life and Compliance with Diet in Children with Celiac Disease in Slovak Republic

Kvetoslava Rimarova^{1, 2,}

¹Institute of Public Health, University of P. J. Safarik, Faculty of Medicine, Košice Slovakia

²Association of Parents, Friends of Children and Youth with Celiac Disease in Košice, Slovakia

Cite this paper:
Kvetoslava Rimarova. Differences in Quality of Life and Compliance with Diet in Children with Celiac Disease in Slovak Republic. International Journal of Celiac Disease. 2014; 2(4):131-133. doi: 10.12691/ijcd-2-4-5

Abstract

Celiac disease is chronic disease with immune disorder which is connected with the allergy reaction on molecule of gluten and prolamine. Celiac disease is expressed in persons with genetic susceptibility. The aim of the study was to follow adherence to gluten-free diet. We designed cross-sectional study where was recruited 125 volunteers, children at age 9 - 15 years old, with diagnosis of celiac diseases confirmed by European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition criteria. The data were collected in 2012-2013. In the selected group of celiac children were 78 girls and 47 boys. Compliance with diet is statistically significantly higher among girls comparing to boys. It means that girls adhered diet better than boys. Also younger group of children have a little bit higher compliance with gluten-free diet comparing to older group, but OR was not statistically significant. Our outputs didn’t confirm fact that duration of disease is important factor which may influence the compliance with gluten-free diet, but more close is a relationship in diet compliance in children with shorter duration of disease.

Keywords:
celiac disease children adherence to diet gluten-free diet

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