Abstract
ABSTRACT Objectives: to describe the health control habits that influence the daily life of celiac patients and to analyze the practice of actions related to health control and its determinants, from the perspective of the first component of the Pender Health Promotion Model. Method: a cross-sectional study conducted through interviews with instrument with 83 individuals from Ceará and diagnosed with celiac disease. Data was analyzed using the characteristics and individual experiences component of Pender's theoretical model. Results: of the celiac patients, 96.4% did not follow the gluten-free diet; 80.7% had inappropriate behaviors to reduce risk factors; 72.3% made ineffective choices in daily life to achieve health goals and; and 25.3% could not keep the gluten free diet in their daily life. Conclusion: according to the theoretical model, celiac patients did not adhere to the proper diet and presented factors inherent to daily life and social issues, characterized as barriers to an effective health control.
Highlights
Celiac disease is a gluten-related autoimmune disorder in individuals who are genetically predisposed
The objectives of the study were to describe the health control habits that influence the daily life of celiac patients and to analyze the practice of actions related to health control and its determinants, from the perspective of the first component of the Pender Health Promotion Model
A cross-sectional study conducted in the Celiac Association of the state of Ceará (Associação de Celíacos do Estado do Ceará, ACELBRA-CE), from May to September 2017, through the application of a data collection instrument, with individual, social and family variables, in addition to issues related to health control
Summary
Celiac disease is a gluten-related autoimmune disorder in individuals who are genetically predisposed. Gluten is present in foods containing barley, rye, wheat, Brazilian oats, malt and derivatives. In addition to the genetic factor and gluten consumption, immunological and environmental factors influence the onset of the disease. Celiac disease is currently considered a public health problem, in view of its chronic character, morbidity and mortality related to malignant diseases in the gastrointestinal tract and high worldwide prevalence. For the reduction and/or elimination of comorbidities, there is a need for direct participation of the celiac patient, since the treatment is based on the absence of contact with gluten.[1,2,3]
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