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. 2013 May 14:13:84.
doi: 10.1186/1471-230X-13-84.

A Rome III survey of functional dyspepsia among the ethnic Malays in a primary care setting

Yeong Yeh Lee  1 , Noriza Wahab, Nazri Mustaffa, Norwati Daud, Noorhayati Mohd Noor, Juwita Shaaban, Andrew Seng Boon Chua
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A Rome III survey of functional dyspepsia among the ethnic Malays in a primary care setting

Yeong Yeh Lee et al. BMC Gastroenterol. .

Abstract

Backgrounds: The study aimed to survey for FD in a primary care setting in a population known to have an extremely low prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection, with the hypothesis that in such a population, dyspepsia should have been relatively less common.

Methods: The Rome III FD Diagnostic Questionnaire was translated into the Malay language and later tested for reliability. A prospective cross-sectional survey was then performed involving 160 Malay patients attending primary care clinic after informed consent. Patients positive for symptoms of FD were subjected to upper endoscopy and exclusion of H. pylori infection. Univariable and multivariable analyses were used to test for associated risk factors.

Results: The back-translated questionnaire was similar to the original English version and was reliable (Cronbach Alpha-coefficient 0.85). Of the 160 surveyed subjects, 19 of them (11.9%) had symptoms of FD. With exclusion of erosive diseases (3/160 or 1.9%) from endoscopy, 16 subjects or 10% had FD. None of the 19 subjects were positive for H. pylori infection. Epigastric pain syndrome was present in 11/16 (68.8%) and the rest, overlap with postprandial distress syndrome. With multivariable analysis, a married status (OR = 8.1; 95% CI 1.0-36.5) and positive psychosocial alarm symptoms (OR = 3.8; 95% CI 1.0-14.0) were associated with FD. Of those married subjects, females were more likely to have FD and psychosocial symptoms than men (6.3% vs. 1.9%), P = 0.04.

Conclusions: FD was more common than one had expected among Malays attending primary care clinic in an area with low prevalence of H. pylori.

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