Beliefs, Experiences, and Openness Regarding Dietary Interventions: Data From an Urban Hispanic Population With Rheumatic Disease in the US
Authors' conclusion
In this primarily Hispanic rheumatic disease patient population, many have not only noted a correlation between dietary intake and rheumatic disease activity but are also open to future nutrition-related interventions.
Study context
- Population
- Primarily (88%) Hispanic urban US patients with rheumatic disease at an outpatient rheumatology clinic
- Outcome
- Beliefs, behaviours and openness regarding dietary interventions
Methodological detailsvoluntary survey, single outpatient rheumatology clinic, descriptive statistics and Pearson's chi-square test, Survey distributed for 19 weeks
- Voluntary survey
- Single outpatient rheumatology clinic
- Descriptive statistics and Pearson's chi-square test
- Survey distributed for 19 weeks
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Respondents noting a link between diet and rheumatic disease activity
- More than 40%
- Patients who had modified dietary intake to affect their rheumatic disease
- More than one-third
- Respondents willing to attempt certain eating patterns if it helped their rheumatic disease
- More than 70%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Beliefs, Experiences, and Openness Regarding Dietary Interventions: Data From an Urban Hispanic Population With Rheumatic Disease in the US. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). Published 15 May 2023. doi:10.
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