Epidemiologic study on symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux disease and its risk factors in outpatient populations of internal medicine in Zhejiang province
- VernacularTitle:浙江省内科门诊人群胃食管反流病及危险因素流行病学调查
- Author:
Hong ZHANG
;
Jing XU
;
You-Ruing LI
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Gastroesophageal reflux disease;
Epidemiology;
Questionnaires;
Risk factors
- From:
Chinese Journal of Digestion
2001;0(07):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease(GERD)in outpatients who visited department of internal medicine in hospitals of Zhejiang province and its risk fac- tors were analyzed.Methods The epidemiologic study was carried out on outpatients with reflex diagnos- tic questionnaire(RDQ).The data was analyzed with Logistic regression methods.Results The preva- lence of GERD in those patients was 7.28%(95% CI:6.87%-7.69%)in preliminary screening.There was significant correlation among gender,age,degree of labour intensity,status of marriage and the oc currence of GERD(P
