Research Article
Predictors of Compliance to Gluten-Free Diet in Children with Celiac Disease
Table 4
Compliance in relation to child’s attitude.
| | Question | Response | Compliant (%) | Noncompliant (%) | value |
| | Finds keeping diet difficult | Difficult | 2 (2.27) | 12 (26.09) | <0.001 | | Fairly difficult | 36 (40.91) | 25 (54.35) | | | Easy | 50 (56.82) | 9 (19.57) | |
| | Child shares responsibility | Y | 56 (63.64) | 10 (21.74) | <0.001 | | N | 32 (36.36) | 36 (78.26) | |
| | Finds taste of gluten-free diet | Bad | 1 (1.14) | 11 (23.91) | <0.001 | | Satisfactory | 23 (26.14) | 23 (50) | | | Good | 62 (70.45) | 11 (23.91) | | | Very good | 2 (2.27) | 1 (2.1) | |
| | Finds it difficult to maintain diet at school | Y | 27 (30.68) | 34 (73.91) | <0.001 | | N | 61 (69.32) | 12 (26.09) | |
| | Finds it difficult to maintain diet at party/marriage | Y | 32 (36.36) | 35 (76.09) | <0.001 | | N | 56 (63.64) | 11 (23.91) | |
| | Finds it difficult to maintain diet while travelling | Y | 58 (65.91) | 31 (67.39) | 0.984 | | N | 30 (34.09) | 15 (32.61) | |
| | Finds it difficult to maintain diet with friends | Y | 27 (30.68) | 29 (63.04) | <0.001 | | N | 61 (69.32) | 17 (36.96) | |
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