Table 2.
Characteristics and description of participation and perception of the intervention
| Family | Interview participants | Age of child (years) |
Who else ate SCD apart from the child | Time on strict SCD (months) |
Total time on SCD strict + modified c (months) |
Perceived effect of the diet | Willing to redo it (parent/child) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | M, C | 18 | Parents | 1.5–2 | 24 | Yes | Yes/yes | |
| B | M, C | 12 | Just the child | 1 | 6 | Yes | Yes/yes | |
| C | M, F, C | 14 | 1 parent | 1 | 1 | Yes | No/yes | |
| D | M, C a | 21 | 1 parent | 1 | > 12 | Yes | Yes/yes | |
| E | Only F | 9 | Parents | > 1 | Ongoing d | Yes | Yes/unknown | |
| F | M, C | 13 | 1 parent | > 1 | 7 | Yes | Unsure/yes | |
| G | M, F, C | 11 | Parents + 1 sibling | 1 | Ongoing d | Yes | Yes/no | |
| H | M, C | 20 | 1 parent | > 3 | > 6 | Yes | Yes/yes | |
| I | M, C | 13 | Parents | 1 | 1 | No | Unsure/unsure | |
| J | M, C b | 13 | Just the child | 1 | 3 | Yes | Yes/yes | |
| K | M, C | 17 | 1 parent | 1 | - e | Yes | Yes/yes | |
| L | M, C | 17 | Just the child | 1 | 6 | Yes | Yes/yes | |
| M | M, C | 14 | 1 parent | 1 | - e | Yes | Yes/yes | |
M = Mother, F = Father, C = Child, SCD = Specific Carbohydrate Diet
a Separate interview with mother and child.
b Child was only interviewed with parent.
c Modified SCD includes additional foods such as rice, oats and potatoes.
d Occasionally consumed non-SCD foods
e Participant unable to recall total time on the diet