SynthesisNutrients2018
Evidence for Dietary Fibre Modification in the Recovery and Prevention of Reoccurrence of Acute, Uncomplicated Diverticulitis: A Systematic Literature Review.
Synthesis in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.
- Long-term outcomes in recurrent diverticulitis: a systematic review of treatment strategies and recurrence rates.International journal of colorectal disease · 2026Pooled it
- German guideline diverticular disease/diverticulitis: Part II: Conservative, interventional and surgical management.United European gastroenterology journal · 2022Guideline
- Diverticulitis during pregnancy: A review of the reported cases.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Guideline
- Role of Dietary Habits in the Prevention of Diverticular Disease Complications: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of Burdock tea on recurrence of colonic diverticulitis and diverticular bleeding: An open-labelled randomized clinical trial.Scientific reports · 2019Trial
- Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis and medical management of acute colonic diverticulitis developed by the Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases (KASID).Intestinal research · 2026Review
- Diet-Related Health Recommender Systems for Patients With Chronic Health Conditions: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Bowel movement alterations predict the severity of diverticular disease and the risk of acute diverticulitis: a prospective, international study.Intestinal research · 2025Article
- Recent updates on classification and unsolved issues of diverticular disease: a narrative review.Journal of Yeungnam medical science · 2024Article
- Unmet needs in treatment of symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease and prevention of recurrent acute diverticulitis: a scoping review.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2024Article
- Dietary fibre in gastrointestinal health and disease.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2021Review
- Balanced carbohydrate ratios are associated with improved diet quality in Australia: A nationally representative cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2021Observational
- Diverticulitis: An Update From the Age Old Paradigm.Current problems in surgery · 2020Review
- Colonic diverticular disease.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2020Review
- Whole Fruits and Fruit Fiber Emerging Health Effects.Nutrients · 2018Review
- Emerging evidence and recent controversies in diverticulitis: a 5-year review.Annals of gastroenterologyReview
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
In practice, nutrition recommendations vary widely for inpatient and discharge management of acute, uncomplicated diverticulitis. This systematic review aims to review the evidence and develop recommendations for dietary fibre modifications, either alone or alongside probiotics or antibiotics, versus any comparator in adults in any setting with or recently recovered from acute, uncomplicated diverticulitis. Intervention and observational studies in any language were located using four databases until March 2017. The Cochrane Risk of Bias tool and GRADE were used to evaluate the overall quality of the evidence and to develop recommendations. Eight studies were included. There was "very low" quality evidence for comparing a liberalised and restricted fibre diet for inpatient management to improve hospital length of stay, recovery, gastrointestinal symptoms and reoccurrence. There was "very low" quality of evidence for using a high dietary fibre diet as opposed to a standard or low dietary fibre diet following resolution of an acute episode, to improve reoccurrence and gastrointestinal symptoms. The results of this systematic review and GRADE assessment conditionally recommend the use of liberalised diets as opposed to dietary restrictions for adults with acute, uncomplicated diverticulitis. It also strongly recommends a high dietary fibre diet aligning with dietary guidelines, with or without dietary fibre supplementation, after the acute episode has resolved.
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