Development and Validation of a Specific Self-Efficacy Scale in Adherence to a Gluten-Free Diet.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to develop a scale to assess the levels of specific self-efficacy in order to enhance adherence to a gluten-free diet and the life quality of celiac patients. Celiac disease is a chronic small intestinal immune-mediated enteropathy precipitated by exposure to dietary gluten in genetically predisposed people. The only treatment is a strict lifelong gluten-free diet. Within the framework of Social Cognitive Theory, expectation of self-efficacy is understood as the degree in which a person believes himself to be capable of performing a certain task (e.g., adhering to a gluten-free diet), a construct which has been widely studied in its relation with adopting healthy behaviors, but scarcely in relation to celiac disease. A validation study was carried out in various s

SUBMITTER: Fueyo-Diaz R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5864907 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature