Gluten Free Diet Treatment Report

Category: Nutrition/Diets

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What is Gluten Free Diet?

An example of Gluten Free Diet

Gluten is a protein found in wheat. A gluten-free diet is recommended in the treatment of celiac disease and wheat allergy. It is a diet completely free of ingredients derived from gluten-containing cereals: wheat (including kamut and spelt), barley, rye, oats and triticale.

Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Celiac Disease 69 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Non-Celiac Gluten Intolerance 41 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 36 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Fibromyalgia 16 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Bowel irritability 13 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 12 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 3
Moderate
 3
Mild
 8
None
 68

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Gluten Free Diet

Hospitalization 2
Weight loss 1
Lack of motivation 1
Dietary restrictions 1
Loose bowel movements 1
Cravings 1
See all 15 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Gluten Free Diet (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 21   Did not seem to work: 54%
Other 14   Other: 36%
Doctor's advice 6   Doctor's advice: 15%
Expense 6   Expense: 15%
Personal research 4   Personal research: 10%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 5%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 3%

See all 38 patients who’ve stopped using Gluten Free Diet

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Using Gluten Free Diet

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Stopped Using Gluten Free Diet

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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Gluten Free Diet

Always
 50 61%
Usually
 28 34%
Sometimes
 3 4%
Never
 1 1%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Gluten Free Diet

Very
 17 21%
Somewhat
 35 43%
A little
 22 27%
Not at all
 8 10%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Gluten Free Diet

$200+
 10 25%
$100-199
 4 10%
$50-99
 10 25%
$25-49
 3 8%
< $25
 13 33%

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7 patient evaluations for Gluten Free Diet

Purpose: Celiac Disease (Started Aug 20, 2012)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Aug 28, 2012 Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
Date
Aug 28, 2012
Advice & Tips
Just do it! Not sure about the rest of the world, but in Australia eating Gluten free at home or out and about is really easy...it just comes down to will power!
Cost
$100-199 monthly
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Purposes: Celiac Disease and General health (Started May 01, 2009)
Date Dosage Celiac Disease Perceived effectiveness General health Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Nov 06, 2011 Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight SevereSevereSevereSevereSevere UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually VeryVeryVeryVeryVery
Date
Nov 06, 2011
Advice & Tips
The gluten free diet, if you want convenience is VERY expensive and/or time consuming. I often get glutened by well meaning friends and associates who make food for me, or from lazy store attendants who may not understand that a gluten attack can really ruin an otherwise good day. It is important however, to maintain adherence -- so please dont be like me and cheat, IT IS NOT WORTH IT!!!
Cost
$200+ monthly
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  • tmm313
    Sex: M
    Data Quality: 1 star
    MS: 5 yrs
    Type: Relapsing-Remitting
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: none
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
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Purpose: MS (Multiple Sclerosis) (Started Oct 20, 2008)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Oct 04, 2011   Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways SomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhat
Date
Oct 04, 2011
Advice & Tips
Felt better in general due to healthy diet, which helped make the onset of my MS less intolerable.
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