Dietary Factors and Digestive Health of Adults residing in Mumbai City.

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: No medical history

• Registration Number: CTRI/2022/04/041860
• Lead Sponsor: Oume Ummara Rajapurkar

Brief Summary

**Aim:**

To understand the association between the dietary factors influencing gastrointestinal symptoms and digestive health in Adults.



**Objectives:**

- To assess the dietary intakes of Adults residing in Mumbai City.

- To evaluate digestive health using the Gastrointestinal Symptoms Rating Scale (GSRS).

- To find an association between the dietary factors influencing gastrointestinal symptoms and digestive health of adults residing in Mumbai city.



**Materials and Methods:**

This is a cross-sectional study which aims to investigate the beneficial and harmful dietary factors relating to gastrointestinal health of adults residing in Mumbai.

It will be done by administering a semi-structured questionnaire through an online survey (Google Form) including behavioural questions and a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) for assessing the intake. The questionnaire will also include questions regarding the source of foods to know whether it is home-cooked and prepared with the required hygiene or prepared in unhygienic conditions commonly seen in fast-food shops.

The evaluation of digestive health will be done by scoring method using the Gastrointestinal Symptoms Rating Scale (GSRS). The questionnaire will be divided into 4 sections including questions regarding - (i) Demographic variables, (ii) Diet and Lifestyle (iii) FFQ (iv) Gastrointestinal symptoms.

- Research Type - Quantitative Research

- Research Design - Cross-sectional Study

- Sample Size - 100 subjects

- Target Group - Adults residing in Mumbai

- Sampling method - Snowball Sampling



**Hypothesis:**

There is no association between dietary factors influencing gastrointestinal symptoms and digestive health.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-04-15
• Last Update Posted: 2022-12-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

Adults aged 18 to 50 years Residence of Mumbai.

Exclusion Criteria

No Medical history or existing condition of Gastrointestinal diseases and disorders.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Association between intake of beneficial dietary factors such as probiotics, prebiotics, dietary fibre, and polyphenols and a good digestive health and factors in the diet that cause poor digestive health e.g. unhygienic environment.	At baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
NA	NA

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Dr. BMN College of Home Science; 🇮🇳 Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA, India

Dr. BMN College of Home Science

🇮🇳Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA, India

Oume Ummara Rajapurkar

Principal investigator

7678037822

amykhan274@gmail.com