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Table 2 Compliance with gluten-free diet and change in well-being one year after diagnosis

From: Balancing health benefits and social sacrifices: A qualitative study of how screening-detected celiac disease impacts adolescents' quality of life

  

Compliance with gluten-free diet

 

Response alternatives

Always

gluten-free

n

Often

gluten-free

n

Sometimes

gluten-free

n

Never

gluten-free

n

Total

n

(%)

Well-being today compared to before the CD diagnosis

Much better

22

10

0

0

32

(34.4%)

 

Somewhat better

12

6

0

0

18

(19.4%)

 

No difference

26

7

0

1

34

(36.6%)

 

Somewhat worse

2

0

0

0

2

(2.2%)

 

Much worse

0

1

0

1

2

(2.2%)

 

Do not remember

5

0

0

0

5

(5.4%)

 

Total n

(%)

67

(72.0%)

24

(25.8%)

0

(0%)

2

(2.2%)

93

 
  1. Compliance with gluten-free diet, and well-being today compared to before the CD diagnosis, as reported by the screening-detected celiac disease adolescents participating in the study (93 respondents out of 101 adolescents).