Table 3 Quality of life, subjective wellbeing and practicability of the KD
Patient 1 | Patient 2 | Patient 3 | Patient 4 | Patient 5 | Patient 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
How do you rate the practicability of the diet? | Easy | Difficult (at the beginning) | Difficult | Easy | Difficult | Easy |
Did you experience changes in your appetite? | Less hunger | Less hunger | Less hunger | Less hunger | Less hunger | Less hunger |
Did you have concerns eating mainly fat? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Have you been able to perform your usual level of exercise? If not was it due to the diet or RT? | Less training due to RT; less condition and strength attributed to RT | No problems (the only exercise was hiking) | Minor problems (not during exercise, but more exhausted afterwards) attributed to diet | No exercise | No exercise | No problems |
What was your general feeling during the diet (besides exercise)? | Good | Good | Good; not good during the last 10 days of RT | Good | Good | Very good |
What has improved most? | Vanishing of chronic migraine headaches; no more postprandial tiredness | Nothing special | Nothing special | Nothing special | Less snoring; feeling of taking self-responsibility | Good mood, euphoria; engagement with the diet distracted from the actual disease |
How will your diet look like after RT? | CHO restricted but not so strict | CHO restricted but not so strict | CHO restricted but not so strict | Ketogenic diet | Ketogenic diet | CHO restricted but not so strict |
Global health status/ QoL | ||||||
Baseline | 91.7 | 83.3 | 66.7 | 66.7 | NA | 83.3 |
End of RT | 75.0 | 83.3 | 58.3 | 66.7 | NA | 75 |
Total functional score | ||||||
Baseline | 593.3 | 540.0 | 633.3 | 604.4 | NA | 711.1 |
End of RT | 683.3 | 560.0 | 575.0 | 751.7 | NA | 725 |
Fatigue | ||||||
Baseline | 55.6 | 22.2 | 44.4 | 11.1 | NA | 11.1 |
End of RT | 33.3 | 22.2 | 44.4 | 22.2 | NA | 33.3 |
Nausea and vomiting | ||||||
Baseline | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 0 |
End of RT | 16.7 | 0 | 16.7 | 0 | NA | 0 |
Appetite loss | ||||||
Baseline | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 0 |
End of RT | 0 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 0 | NA | 33.3 |
Constipation | ||||||
Baseline | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 0 |
End of RT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | 0 |
Diarrhea | ||||||
Baseline | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | NA | 66.7 |
End of RT | 0 | 100 | 66.7 | 0 | NA | 66.7 |