Dietary Practices and Beliefs in Patients with Older-onset IBD
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Dietary Practices and Beliefs in Patients with Older-onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease
IRAS ID
255572
Contact name
Jimmy K Limdi
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 4 months, 30 days
Research summary
Data on dietary beliefs and behaviour in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are scarce. Credible evidence for the role of diet in the initiation, maintenance and prevention of relapse in IBD is limited. Increasingly, patients with IBD show an interest in how diet may affect their disease and be used to better manage their IBD. Reports show that patients do not feel diet is adequately addressed by healthcare professionals leading to self-imposed dietary restrictions which can impact upon patients’ nutritional intake and social life.
In an ageing population we are observing increasing numbers of older persons with IBD. A significant portion of these are diagnosed aged 60 or above (“older-onset” IBD). These older-onset IBD patients represent an interesting and under-researched cohort as elderly patients are often excluded from clinical trials. There are insufficient data on whether the aetiology of older-onset IBD is the same as earlier-onset disease and management of these patients is often complicated due to their co-morbidities, potential frailty and polypharmacy. Older patients are also more at risk of malnourishment and complications related to nutritional deficiencies.
To our knowledge there are no studies investigating dietary practices and beliefs in patients with older-onset IBD. It is possible that these patients views regarding the role of diet in IBD may well differ given the possibility that they have been exposed to a fairly consistent and unchanging diet for many years prior to diagnosis.
Our study therefore aims to explore the dietary practices and perceptions of patients with older-onset IBD and describe the information resources influencing dietary restrictions. This will be done by means of a questionnaire completed by consenting patients attending IBD clinics. Our hope is that we will increase understanding of the dietary practices in this under-studied cohort in order to enhance clinical care and establish future research avenues.
REC name
London - Queen Square Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/LO/0299
Date of REC Opinion
22 Feb 2019
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion