Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Year : 2019, Volume : 13, Issue : 4
First page : ( 1644) Last page : ( 1649)
Print ISSN : 0973-9122. Online ISSN : 0973-9130.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0973-9130.2019.00542.5

Gluten Free Mixed Flour as a Substitute for Wheat Flour to Reduce Gluten Intake in Autism Spectrum Disorder Children

Sayuningsih Eny¹, Hatijah Nur¹, Nurria Aliffah²

¹Health Polytechnic of Surabaya

²Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University

Online published on 27 November, 2019.

Abstract

Diets applied to children with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) are Gluten Free and casein-free. Mixed flour is a combination of rice flour, tapioca flour, corn-starch flour, catfish and catfish head flour. This study aims to analyze the use of mixed flour as a food composition material for children with ASD conditions according to CFGF (Casein Free and Gluten Free) diet at the Autism Service Center. This research uses Quasi-Experiment Design which applied One Group Pretest-Posttest Design. Samples totaling 20 children with ASD and mother. Pretest and post-test analysis illustrate the impact or influence of the holding of Cooking Class on increasing mother's knowledge with ASD. The Wilcoxon singed-rank test analysis p = 0.02, meaning that there is a significant influence of Cooking Class on improving the knowledge of mother of child with ASD. Analysis of Wilcoxon singed-rank test on recall measurement before and after intervention showed p≤α, meaning no significant effect of gluten-free diet on daily intake of children. The analysis of Wilcoxon singed-rank test on gluten consumption habit (p=0.000)-there is significant effect of mixed flour on the decrease of gluten consumption habit

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Keywords

Mixed flour, autism, gluten, catfish flour, catfish head flour.

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