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An assessment of dietary intake, food avoidance and food beliefs in patients with ulcerative colitis of different disease status
Intestinal Research ; : 447-458, 2020.
Artigo em Inglês | WPRIM | ID: wpr-834428
ABSTRACT
Background/Aims@#Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic, relapsing and remitting inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Little is known about the link between dietary intake, food avoidance, and beliefs among UC patients of different disease severity. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the dietary intake, food avoidance, and beliefs among active and inactive UC patients. @*Methods@#A cross-sectional study was conducted among UC patients from a tertiary medical center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Demographic, anthropometric, dietary intake, food avoidance and beliefs were assessed. Disease activity of UC patients was evaluated using the Powell Tuck Index. @*Results@#UC patients were recruited (64.1% inactive UC and 35.9% active UC). As compared to inactive UC patients, active UC patients were likely to lose weight (75.0% vs. 0%), possess certain food beliefs (95.7% vs. 39.0%), and frequently practiced dietary avoidance (95.7% vs. 43.9%). The dietary intake among inactive UC patients was higher than active UC patients. However, neither of them met the standard nutrients recommendation for protein, calcium, iron, folate, zinc, vitamin D, vitamin B12, and vitamin E. @*Conclusions@#Active UC patients had poorer dietary intake, were more prone to practicing food avoidance and exhibited certain food beliefs as compared to inactive UC patients. Both macro- and micronutrients intakes were inadequate regardless of patient’s disease status. These findings emphasized the importance for patients to be provided with the nutrition-related knowledge as part of strategies to avoid nutritional inadequacies.
Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental) Tipo de estudo: Guia de Prática Clínica / Estudo observacional Idioma: Inglês Revista: Intestinal Research Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Artigo

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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental) Tipo de estudo: Guia de Prática Clínica / Estudo observacional Idioma: Inglês Revista: Intestinal Research Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Artigo