Evaluation of Daily Lives of Children and Adolescents with Celiac Disease and Nursing Approaches

Abstract

The incidence of celiac disease has been increasing in recent years. Celiac disease is an autoimmune enteropathy that emerges mostly in the childhood period. This disorder is a chronic condition of the small intestine due to gluten intake in individuals with genetic predisposition. In the treatment of celiac disease, gluten-free diet therapy is applied. However, the adaptation process to the diet may create difficulties for patients. Compliance with diet is much more difficult among patients with celiac disease in childhood and adolescence than in adult patients. Children and adolescents face distinct difficulties in their homes, at school, and in their social lives. Besides following dietary treatment, children and adolescents living with celiac disease need peer support to manage their daily routines. In this article, we aimed to discuss the problems experienced by children and adolescents living with celiac disease and nursing approaches to these problems.

Factors Associated With Adherence to a Gluten-Free Diet in Celiac Patients Diagnosed in Childhood as Compared to Adulthood

“…Other studies have addressed the positive impact of social support (Olsson, Hörnell, Ivarsson, & Sydner, 2008; Sainsbury, Halmos, Knowles, Mullan, & Tye-Din, 2018), as well as membership in a celiac support group (Dimidi et al, 2021). Finally, studies have assessed the role of nursing care in helping to increase adherence to a GFD (Rodríguez Almagro, Rodríguez Almagro, Solano Ruiz, Siles González, & Hernández Martínez, 2018; Tasdelen Bas & Çavusoglu, 2020).…”

Celiac disease in the COVID-19 pandemic

“…The CD incidence has increased in recent years [ [4] , [5] , [6] ], probably because of improving diagnostics. The rise in incidence was also due to a real increase of this immune-based disorder, independent of disease detection [ [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] ].…”