CELIAC PATIENTS’ PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE CLINICAL AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF POSSIBLE LATE DIAGNOSIS OF CELIAC DISEASE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2019.33310Keywords:
Celiac disease. Delayed diagnosis. Social vulnerability.Abstract
The aim of the current study is to identify patients’ perceptions about the clinical and emotional impacts of the late diagnosis of celiac disease. The way celiac patients see themselves as ill, their feelings about new eating and social habits, society's vision and behavior towards their comorbidity, and the clinical symptoms in their body affect their clinical and emotional state. Only female celiac patients who attended meetings held by the Celiac Association of Paraná State (Brazil) were interviewed based on a semi-structured script in order to fulfill the aims of the present study. Quantitative-qualitative analysis was carried out based on content. Results showed that 77% of participants categorized their diagnosis as late; among them, 38% stated that the clinical symptoms of the disease appeared during childhood. The knowledge produced in the current study can make professionals and society aware of the clinical and emotional impacts generated by the late diagnosis of celiac disease on the human body, and help these professionals and individual more supportive and comprehensive with celiac patients
DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2019.33310
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP RESPONSIBILITY
Title of the manuscript:
________________________________________________________
1. Statement of responsability
I certify that I have participated in the work above specified and take public responsibility for its content.
I certify that the manuscript represents an original work and that none of the material in the manuscript has been previously published, is included in another manuscript, or is currently under consideration for publication elsewhere, whether in printed form or in electronic media, except that described in the attachment.
In case of acceptance of this text by Demetra: Alimentação, Nutrição & Saude, I declare to be in accordance with the policy of public access and copyright adopted by Demetra, which provides as follows: (a) the authors retain the copyright and grant to the Journal the right of first publication, the work being simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows the sharing of the work with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal; (b) authors are authorized to enter additional contracts separately for non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in this journal (eg, publishing in institutional repository or book chapter), with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal; and (c) authors are permitted and encouraged to post and distribute their work online (eg, in institutional repositories or on their personal page) at any point before or during the editorial process, as this may lead to productive changes, as well as increase the impact and citation of the published work.
2. Conflict of Interest Statement
I certify that there is no conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article.
Date, signature and full address of all authors.
