COVID-19 pandemic perception in adults with celiac disease: an impulse to implement the use of telemedicine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes severe complications and deaths all over the world. COVID-19 also has indirect effects from the lockdown and the possible lack of food. We aimed to evaluate the perception of this in Celiac Disease (CeD) patients who require a lifelong gluten-free diet as a therapy.

Methods

We invited by e-mail CeD adult patients from the University of Salerno (Campania, South Italy) and the University of Padua (Veneto, North Italy) to answer an ad hoc COVID-19 survey.

Results

We sent the web survey to 651 email addresses and we received 276 answers (42,4%). CeD patients did not feel more vulnerable because they had CeD (not at all 56.6%) and they did not worry much about the possible shortness of gluten-free food dur

SUBMITTER: Siniscalchi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7229921 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature