Table 7 The risk factors, barriers, health problems, and subjective overall health of the participants with positive serologic studies
From: Barriers impeding serologic screening for celiac disease in clinically high-prevalence populations
Qualifying risk factors on telephone interview | Barriers identified on survey/questionnaire | Symptoms on survey/questionnaire | Co-morbid health problems on survey/questionnaire | IgA tTG titer | Overall health | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Abdominal pain | Don’t know where to get tested | Abdominal pain | Autoimmune thyroid disease | 29 | Very good |
Autoimmune thyroid disease | ||||||
Bone disease | ||||||
Bone disease | Don’t think my doctor knows which test to order | Gas/bloating | Chronic fatigue syndrome | |||
Nausea | ||||||
My doctor won’t test me | Anxiety | Depression (diagnosed) | ||||
Don’t want to eat gluten to be tested | Symptoms of depression | Fibromyalgia | ||||
Fatigue | ||||||
Bone pain | ||||||
Skin rash | ||||||
Muscle pain | ||||||
Recurring headaches or migraines | ||||||
2 | 1st degree family member with Celiac Disease | No symptoms to cause me to want to be tested | Symptoms of depression | Anemia, unknown cause | 128 | Very good |
No insurance | Fatigue | Other: “chronic headaches” | ||||
Anemia | Not motivated to get tested | Recurring headaches or migraines | ||||
3 | 1st degree family member with celiac disease | Don’t have a doctor to test me | Abdominal pain | Infertility | 18 | Good |
Gas/bloating | IBS | |||||
Don’t have insurance | Nausea | Iron deficiency anemia | ||||
Abdominal pain | Don’t think doctor knows which test to order | Diarrhea | ||||
Diarrhea | Anxiety | |||||
IBS | Symptoms of depression | |||||
Fatigue | ||||||
Recurring headaches or Migraines | ||||||
Muscle pain | ||||||
Constipation | ||||||
Poor dental enamel formation | ||||||
Mouth sores | ||||||
Tingling extremities | ||||||
Joint pain | ||||||
Weight loss (unintentional) |