Author/Authors :
Barzegar, Farnoush Student Research Committee - Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Rostami-Nejad, Mohammad Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center - Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Mohaghegh Shalmani, Hamid Basic and Molecular Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Disorders Research Center - Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Sadeghi, Amir Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center - Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Allahverdi Khani, Maryam Faculty of Medicine - Islamic Azad University Najafabad Branch, Iran , aldulaimi, David Department of Gastroenterology - South Warwickshire Foundation Trust, UK
Abstract :
Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of education on patients’ knowledge of celiac disease, in an Iranian
population.
Background: Education can increase patients’ knowledge regarding their disease, leading to improvements in their health.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on patients who had been diagnosed with celiac disease. The patients attended an
educational meeting in September, 2016. During the educational meeting information regarding the epidemiology, diagnosis and
treatment of celiac disease was provided to the study subjects. Each patient completed a questionnaire regarding celiac disease before
and after the educational meeting. The questionnaires were scored. Study data was analyzed using SPSS version 20.
Results: 90 patients were recruited (69 [77%] were women). Analysis of questionnaire responses showed that except for awareness of
cross contamination with gluten, the education meeting significantly increased the knowledge of patients with celiac disease regarding
epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment (p=0.001).
Conclusion: The result of this study shows that an educational meeting can increase the knowledge of CD patients in treatment.
Increasing patients’ knowledge may lead to improvements in patients’ health.
