Title of Study: Eating Habits and Symptom Severity in Autoimmune Diseases: a Patient Survey

Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY

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.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 65
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• 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.

Locations
United States
Florida
UCF Health Clinics
RECRUITING
Orlando
Contact Information
Primary
Amoy Fraser, PhD, CCRP, PMP
amoy.fraser@ucf.edu
407-266-8742
Backup
Erica Martin, B.S.
erica.martin@ucf.edu
407-266-8742
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-03-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-07-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 500
Sponsors
Leads: University of Central Florida

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov