Clinical trial NCT05283096: Survey About Diet in Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases
Official title: French Survey on Patients' Practices, Knowledge and Beliefs About Diet in Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases (Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Spondylarthritis)
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Rheumatic Disease
Rheumatic Disorder
Inflammatory Rheumatism
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Psoriatic Arthritis
Spondyloarthritis
Spondylitis, Ankylosing
Diet Habit
Feeding Behavior
Keywords: Survey
Questionnaire
Diet
Inflammatory Rheumatism
Lead sponsor: Poitiers University Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-03-16
Enrollment: 203
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients followed in the rheumatology department of the University Hospital of Poitiers (France) for chronic inflammatory rheumatism, going for consultation or hospitalisation for usual care

Brief summary: A French Survey on patients' practices, knowledge and beliefs about diet in chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, spondylarthritis) Use of a questionnaire about what patients have heard concerning diet and rheumatism, what kind of diet they tried eventually and how it affected their health and disease


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age ≥ 18 years
* Patient with chronic inflammatory rheumatism (rheumatoid arthritis, spondylarthritis, psoriatic arthritis) according to the diagnostic criteria commonly admitted
* Patient followed in the rheumatology department of the University Hospital of Poitiers (France)
* Free patient, without guardianship or tutelage or subordination
* Patient not opposing to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patient withdrawing consent
* Patient who does not meet criteria for chronic inflammatory disease (rheumatoid arthritis, spondylarthritis, psoriatic arthritis) according to the diagnostic criteria commonly admitted after examination of medical record

Primary outcomes:
measure: Prevalence (rate) of patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatism who have changed their dietary practices since being diagnosed.
timeFrame: 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Rate of patients believing that diet affects their rheumatism
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Rate of patients following each specific diet (gluten free, vegetarian, dairy products free, ...)
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Comparison of the rates of patients believing that diet affects their rheumatism, between each subgroup of rheumatism
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Comparison of the rates of patients following each specific diet (gluten free, vegetarian, dairy products free, ...) between each subgroup of rheumatism
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Comparison of the rates of patients who were able to stop a part of their treatment between the diet and non-diet groups
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Comparison of disease activity by the level of C reactive protein, DAS 28, ASDAS and BASDAI between the diet and non-diet groups
timeFrame: 6 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Poitiers
country: France
facility: CHU Poitiers
state: Nouvelle Aquitaine
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