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Parental Opinion about the Low FODMAP Diet in Dietary Treatment of Children with Functional Abdominal Pain
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 17, Issue 15, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 5554, p 5554 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020.
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Abstract
- The aim of this study was primarily to evaluate differences between parental opinion about the diet and overall changes in children&rsquo<br />s symptoms of functional abdominal pain (FAP) during the low fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols (FODMAP) diet and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) diet. Secondly, this paper examined the agreement between parental perception of children&rsquo<br />s symptoms and children&rsquo<br />s self-assessment of symptoms during the diet in both treatment groups. Twenty-seven children with diagnosed functional abdominal pain (FAP) were randomized to one of two group, receiving the low FODMAP diet or the diet based on NICE guidelines. Children reported gastrointestinal symptoms at baseline and during the diet. At the end of the intervention, parents assessed their children&rsquo<br />s diet and symptoms changes, using Likert scales. The agreement between parental and children assessments of gastrointestinal symptoms was defined as the percentage of compatible answers. In the low FODMAP group a significantly lower percentage of parents (38%) declared that it was easy to follow the diet, compared to the NICE group (57%), (p = 0.017). A high percentage of parents in both groups reported improvement in all symptoms of children during dietary intervention. A high level of agreement was also observed between parental and children&rsquo<br />s self-assessment of abdominal pain intensity and frequency. Our research suggests that in parental opinion the low FODMAP diet is as effective as the diet based on NICE guidelines in children with FAP. However, the low FODMAP diet may seem more difficult to follow, and this may have had an impact on the effectiveness and acceptability of the FODMAP diet by children.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Abdominal pain
Diet therapy
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
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FODMAP
Disaccharides
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Diet, Carbohydrate-Restricted
0302 clinical medicine
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Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Parental perception
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Monosaccharides
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
parents
Abdominal Pain
Diet
functional abdominal pain
pediatric
Dietary treatment
chemistry
diet therapy
Low fodmap diet
Fermentation
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
Female
sense organs
medicine.symptom
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computer
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16604601
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bfd6d1fb67a85d3e5684088fb05ec962
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155554