Table 2.

Results on dietary beliefs and practices in patients with IBD

	Variables	Ulcerative colitis (n = 218)	Crohn's disease (n = 98)
Q1. Do you believe that your dietary behavior can cause weakness, malnutrition, and other deficiency disorders?	Yes	160 (73.39)	78 (79.59)
	Don't know	1 (0.46)	1 (1.02)
Q2. Do you take any vitamin and mineral supplements/ injections?	Yes	139 (63.76)	72 (73.47)
Q3. Do you take any alternative therapies or herbal medications for IBD (ayurvedic, homeopathic, choorans, and chawanprash)?	Yes	59 (27.06)	24 (24.49)
Q4. Do you take nutritional supplements?	Yes	11 (5.05)	10 (10.20)
Q5. Do you take fiber supplements?	Yes	55 (25.23)	15 (15.31)
Q6. Do you believe that diet could be the initiating factor for IBD?	Yes	98 (44.95)	42 (42.86)
	Don't know	36 (16.51)	22 (22.45)
Q7. Do you consider dietary habits to have a more important role than medicines in the control of IBD?	Yes	114 (52.29)	51 (52.04)
	Don't know	8 (3.67)	2 (2.04)
Q8. Do you think that IBD affects your appetite and pleasure in eating?	Yes	147 (67.43)	61 (62.24)
	Don't know	2 (0.92)	0 (0.00)
Q9. Do you share the same menu as the other members of the family living under the same roof?	Yes	150 (68.81)	77 (78.57)
Q10. Do you refuse outdoor dining for fear of causing relapse?	Yes	175 (80.28)	73 (74.49)
Q11. Have you modified your diet since the diagnosis of your IBD?	Yes	193 (88.53)	78 (79.59)*
Q12. Do you tend to avoid certain foods?	Yes	198 (90.83)	86 (87.76)
Q13. During a relapse in IBD, do certain foods improve your symptoms?	Yes	174 (79.82)	70 (71.43)
	Don't Know	4 (1.83)	0 (0.00)
Q14. Have you received any advice on your diet?	Yes	91 (41.74)	50 (51.02)
	Don't know	1 (0.46)	0 (0.00)
Q15. Would you be keen on receiving some nutritional advice?	Yes	199 (91.28)	86 (87.76)
	Don't know	2 (0.92)	0 (0.00)

^* P < 0.05.

IBD, inflammatory bowel disease.