[Epidemiology of dyspepsia]

Vnitr Lek. 2014 Jul-Aug;60(7-8):649-56.
[Article in Czech]

Abstract

Epidemiology of uninvestigated dyspepsia was studied in the Czech Republic for the first time in 2001. The aim of our current multi-centre prospective study was to evaluate dyspepsia using the same methods in a representative sample of general unselected population from the same geographical areas 10 years later. A total of 22 centres entered the study. A total of 1,836 subjects (aged 5-98 years) were enrolled. The overall prevalence of dyspepsia was 12 %; namely 3.5 % in subjects aged 5-24 years, 18 % among 25-64-year-old persons and 15 % in subjects 65 years. Despite the substantial decrease of Helicobacter pylori infection in the Czech Republic over the past 10 years, the prevalence and basic socio-demographic determinants of uninvestigated dyspepsia did not change significantly.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Child
  • Czech Republic / epidemiology
  • Dyspepsia / epidemiology*
  • Dyspepsia / microbiology
  • Female
  • Helicobacter Infections / epidemiology
  • Helicobacter pylori / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prevalence
  • Prospective Studies