Cure8 research brief
Patients with IBD commonly change or restrict their diets and often want reliable guidance. This study tested automated personalized feedback plus an online nutrition portal and found improved food-related quality of life but no clear improvement in objective diet quality over six months.
Adults with IBD, dietitians and gastroenterology clinicians, and researchers interested in digital dietary interventions for IBD.
This was a single-arm pre–post study (no randomized control group) of 108 adults with IBD who completed a validated food-frequency questionnaire and a 29-item Fr-QoL survey at baseline and six months. Participants received automated personalized feedback and access to an online nutrition portal; the tools were rated positively.
The main finding reported is an improvement in food-related quality of life at six months, while objective measures of diet quality and adherence to nutrient reference values did not improve and in some cases declined.
The authors conclude the digital tools are feasible and acceptable but likely need to be combined with structured dietitian-led support or other strategies to produce measurable improvements in dietary intake and nutrient adequacy.
Single-arm pre–post design without a control group limits causal conclusions. The study reports feasibility and acceptability but indicates that combining digital tools with structured dietitian support may be necessary to improve nutrient intake and diet quality.
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