Diagnostic delay in adult coeliac disease : An Italian multicentre study

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BACKGROUND: There are few data regarding the diagnostic delay and its predisposing factors in coeliac disease (CD).

AIMS: To investigate the overall, the patient-dependant, and the physician-dependant diagnostic delays in CD.

METHODS: CD adult patients were retrospectively enroled at 19 Italian CD outpatient clinics (2011-2021). Overall, patient-dependant, and physician-dependant diagnostic delays were assessed. Extreme diagnostic, i.e., lying above the third quartile of our population, was also analysed. Multivariable regression models for factors affecting the delay were fitted.

RESULTS: Overall, 2362 CD patients (median age at diagnosis 38 years, IQR 27-46; M:F ratio=1:3) were included. The median overall diagnostic delay was 8 months (IQR 5-14), while patient- and physician-dependant delays were 3 (IQR 2-6) and 4 (IQR 2-6) months, respectively. Previous misdiagnosis was associated with greater physician-dependant (1.076, p = 0.005) and overall (0.659, p = 0.001) diagnostic delays. Neurological symptoms (odds ratio 2.311, p = 0.005) and a previous misdiagnosis (coefficient 9.807, p = 0.000) were associated with a greater extreme physician-dependant delay. Gastrointestinal symptoms (OR 1.880, p = 0.004), neurological symptoms (OR 2.313, p = 0.042), and previous misdiagnosis (OR 4.265, p = 0.000) were associated with increased extreme overall diagnostic delay.

CONCLUSION: We identified some factors that hamper CD diagnosis. A proper screening strategy for CD should be implemented.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:55

Enthalten in:

Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 55(2023), 6 vom: 23. Juni, Seite 743-750

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lenti, Marco Vincenzo [VerfasserIn]
Aronico, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Bianchi, Paola Ilaria [VerfasserIn]
D'Agate, Carmela Cinzia [VerfasserIn]
Neri, Matteo [VerfasserIn]
Volta, Umberto [VerfasserIn]
Mumolo, Maria Gloria [VerfasserIn]
Astegiano, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Calabrò, Antonino Salvatore [VerfasserIn]
Zingone, Fabiana [VerfasserIn]
Latella, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Di Sario, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Carroccio, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Ciacci, Carolina [VerfasserIn]
Luzza, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Bagnato, Carmela [VerfasserIn]
Fantini, Massimo Claudio [VerfasserIn]
Elli, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Cammarota, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Gasbarrini, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Portincasa, Piero [VerfasserIn]
Latorre, Mario Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Petrucci, Clarissa [VerfasserIn]
Quatraccioni, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Iannelli, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Vecchione, Nicoletta [VerfasserIn]
Rossi, Carlo Maria [VerfasserIn]
Broglio, Giacomo [VerfasserIn]
Ianiro, Gianluca [VerfasserIn]
Marsilio, Ilaria [VerfasserIn]
Bibbò, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Marinoni, Beatrice [VerfasserIn]
Tomaselli, Donatella [VerfasserIn]
Abenavoli, Ludovico [VerfasserIn]
Pilia, Riccardo [VerfasserIn]
Santacroce, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Lynch, Erica [VerfasserIn]
Carrieri, Antonella [VerfasserIn]
Mansueto, Pasquale [VerfasserIn]
Gabba, Margherita [VerfasserIn]
Alunno, Giacomo [VerfasserIn]
Rossi, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Onnis, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Efthymakis, Konstantinos [VerfasserIn]
Cesaro, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Vernero, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Baiano Svizzero, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Semeraro, Francesco Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Silano, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Vanoli, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Klersy, Catherine [VerfasserIn]
Corazza, Gino Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Di Sabatino, Antonio [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Diagnosis
Enteropathy
Gluten
Journal Article
Malabsorption
Multicenter Study
Villi

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Date Completed 29.05.2023

Date Revised 20.07.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.dld.2022.11.021

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350786674