Screening of the Incompatible diet and dietary intake irregularities in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor without organ or systems involvement,

• Registration Number: CTRI/2023/04/051368
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Kiran Maurya

Brief Summary

To identify the association of viruddha ahara and erratic dietary practices with Amavata/RA through a retrospective observational study and  to explore thetextual  concept of viruddha aharaand  dietary intake irregularities  in the contemporary context.

To develop a validatedfood frequency  and food intake methodbased questionnaire to identify the viruddha ahara and  dietary intake irregularities in the studypopulation

Assessment ofassociation of VA with amavata in cases having amavata and controls not havingamavata.

Based upon theobservations, proposal of diet based intervention plan for effective preventionand management of amavata can be given.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-01-05
• Last Update Posted: 2023-03-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

• 1Amavata patients having a simultaneous diagnosis of RA and a history of less than 3 years 2Patients having no co existing illness having a possibility to affect the dietary likings and intake pattern.
• 3Patient having no other co-existing joint disease.
• 4Patients not having any history of alcohol intake, smoking or tobacco chewing.
• 5Patients willing to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• 1Cases of Amavata /RA having a history of more than 3 years 2Age – less than 25 and more than 50 years 3Patients having co existing illness having a possibility to affect the dietary likings and intake pattern (To be excluded through investigations like CBC, RBS, TSH, & KFT, LFT).
• 4Patient having other co-existing joint disease 5Patients of RA requiring urgent care.
• 6Patient having a recent history of alcohol intake, smoking or Tobacco chewing 7Patients not willing to participate in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1.Availability of various components of viruddha ahara in terms of their frequency in the referred population (case & control).	Viruddha ahara % in reffered population - 3 months | Viruddha ahara quantitative assessment - 4 months | Viruddha ahara duration assessment - 5 months | Dietary irregularity assessment - 6 months | Relative risk factor assessment - 6 months
2.Quantitative assessment of various viruddha ahara components in terms of intake frequency (FFQ) in respective population.	Viruddha ahara % in reffered population - 3 months | Viruddha ahara quantitative assessment - 4 months | Viruddha ahara duration assessment - 5 months | Dietary irregularity assessment - 6 months | Relative risk factor assessment - 6 months
3.Assessment of various component of viruddha ahara in terms of total duration of consumption.	Viruddha ahara % in reffered population - 3 months | Viruddha ahara quantitative assessment - 4 months | Viruddha ahara duration assessment - 5 months | Dietary irregularity assessment - 6 months | Relative risk factor assessment - 6 months
4.Assessment of common irregularities of dietary intake methods in terms of their frequency & chronicity in respective population.	Viruddha ahara % in reffered population - 3 months | Viruddha ahara quantitative assessment - 4 months | Viruddha ahara duration assessment - 5 months | Dietary irregularity assessment - 6 months | Relative risk factor assessment - 6 months
5.Assessment of relative risk factors & odds ratio in reference to various components of viruddha ahara and dietary irregularities.	Viruddha ahara % in reffered population - 3 months | Viruddha ahara quantitative assessment - 4 months | Viruddha ahara duration assessment - 5 months | Dietary irregularity assessment - 6 months | Relative risk factor assessment - 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Improvement in life style	6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ayurveda - Arthritis Treatment and Advanced Research Centre SAC & H Lucknow; 🇮🇳 Lucknow, UTTAR PRADESH, India

Ayurveda - Arthritis Treatment and Advanced Research Centre SAC & H Lucknow

🇮🇳Lucknow, UTTAR PRADESH, India

Dr Kiran Maurya

Principal investigator

9455226962

maurya790kiran@gmail.com