IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 539: Tools Used to Measure the Physical State of Women with Celiac Disease: A Review with a Systematic Approach

IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 539: Tools Used to Measure the Physical State of Women with Celiac Disease: A Review with a Systematic Approach International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17020539 Authors: Alejandro Martínez-Rodríguez Daniela Alejandra Loaiza-Martínez Javier Sánchez-Sánchez Pablo J. Marcos-Pardo Soledad Prats Fernando Alacid Jacobo A. Rubio-Arias Celiac disease (CD) is an immunological disorder that mainly affects the small intestine, generating an inflammatory process in response to the presence of gluten (a protein). Autoimmune diseases are part of a group of diseases that are difficult to diagnose without a specific protocol or consensus to detect them due to the number of symptoms and diseases with which it has a relationship. Therefore, the aim of this review was to analyze the diagnostic tools of CD used in middle-aged women, to compare the use and effectiveness of the different tools, and to propose a strategy for the use of the tools based on the results found in the literature. The present research followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guideline. The search was conducted in the following databases: Scielo, PubMed, Web of Science, and Worldwide Science org. In the initial literature search, 2004 titles and relevant abstracts were found. Among them, 687 were duplicates, leaving 1130 articles. Based on the inclusion criteria, only 41 articles pass...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - Category: Environmental Health Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research