“…Therefore, we investigated whether the depression and anxiety levels differed between the dietary compliant and non-compliant patients, but no differences were observed. Some studies have reported that a gluten-free diet has no effect on the development of anxiety and depression in CD children and adolescents (5,22). The results of the questionnaires for STAI-I, STAI-II, and BDI, which had been given to the mothers of the CD group participants (i.e., dietary compliant and non-compliant), showed that although there were no between-group differences in terms of the indicators of depression, anxiety was more evident in the gluten-free diet non-compliant group.…”