Rheumatology Diet Study

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Conditions studied: Diet Habit, Rheumatologic Disease, Autoimmune Diseases, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Dermatomyositis/polymyositis, Sjogren's Syndrome, Systemic Lupus Erythematous, Scleroderma, Fibromyalgia

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06339957

Run by

University of Central Florida

People needed

500

Starts

2024-03-01

Expected to finish

2025-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2024-12-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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.

You may not qualify if…

• UCF Students, Faculty or Staff
• Children or Young Adults Under the age of 18
• Adults over 65
• Pregnant Women
• Prisoners
• Adults to Unable to Consent

Where it is running

• UCF Health Clinics — Orlando, Florida, United States (enrolling)

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