Naslov
Assessment of the knowledge and attitudes of Međimurje county population on celiac disease

Autori
Uršulin-Trstenjak, Natalija ; Bogdan, Ivana ; Levanić, Davor ; Sajko, Melita

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of abstracts 2nd Black Sea Association of Food Science and Technology - B-FoST Congress 2018 / - Erevan, 2018, 20-20

Skup
2nd Black Sea Association of Food Science and Technology (B-FoST 2018.)

Mjesto i datum
Erevan, Armenija, 15.10.2018. - 17.10.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
celiac disease ; gluten-free diet ; gluten ; knowledge ; attitudes

Sažetak
Background and Objectives: Earlier studies have shown that people are not sufficiently familiar with celiac disease. The aim of this researche is to collect informations about the knowledge and attitudes of the Međimurje County population on celiac disease and compare whether there are differences between male and female responses. Brief introduction: Celiac disease or gluten- sensitive enteropathy is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by persistent intolerance of gluten, or proteins of prolamine (gliadin, hordein, sekalina, avenin) found in wheat, barley, rye and oats. Method(s) and Results: The survey about the knowledge and attitudes of the Međimurje County population on celiac disease was conducted in the period from April 27 to June 21, 2017 via social network facebook. A representative sample consists of 210 respondents (22 male and 188 female), all of whom participated voluntarily and anonymously, fulfilling a customized 22 question questionnaire. The results have shown that residents of Međimurje County, regardless of gender are well informed about the illness itself. They are aware that celiac disease is incurable illness that affects people of all ages and that the basic treatment consists of a life-long gluten-free diet that requires the release of gluten found in wheat, barley, rye and oats. However, it is noticed the lack of information in more detailed issues. Conclusion: Considering that the most of respondents were women we can not conclude with certainly about diferences in responses among gender but the differences are small. The most obvious difference is that 4 respondents who suffer from celiace disease and16 respondents who have a family with a celiac disease, are female. The reason for this may be a small number of male respondents but it would be great to conduct research on a larger number of male respondents to see if the reason is something completely different.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Prehrambena tehnologija

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