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Background:Gastroesophageal reflux disease questionnaire(GerdQ)is a potentially useful tool for diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease(GERD). Reflux esophagitis(RE)is a clinical type of GERD characterized by endoscopic mucosal injury of esophagus. Aims:To study the correlation of GerdQ score with severity of RE. Methods:Patients with typical reflux-related symptoms and meeting the inclusion criteria were recruited consecutively from Department of Gastroenterology,the People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region during Aug. 2014 to Dec. 2015. All patients recruited were asked to complete the GerdQ scoring scale,meanwhile,the demographic information was collected and an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed. The severity of RE was graded endoscopically by Los Angeles classification system. Results:A total of 1 554 patients were enrolled in this study,664 with RE(RE group)and 890 without RE(control group). The proportion of males in RE group was significantly higher than those in control group (50.9% vs. 37.1%,P<0.05). The prevalence of RE was significantly higher in Uygur than in Han and other ethnics (48.5% vs. 40.5% and 39.3%,P all <0.05). The proportions of patients with RE rose up with the increase of GerdQ score in a cut-off range from 0-14(0%,19.7%,50.1% and 51.7% for 0-2,3-7,8-11 and 11-14,respectively). The mean GerdQ score was significantly higher in RE group than in control group(9.95 ± 2.76 vs. 9.09 ± 3.33,P<0.05), and GerdQ score was positively correlated with severity of RE(r=0.243,P<0.05). When stratified by nationality,the correlation of GerdQ score with severity of RE was unchanged. Conclusions:GerdQ is a useful complementary tool for the diagnosis of RE. A cut-off value of 8 might predict the presence of RE and the GerdQ score might reflect the disease severity.
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Objective To investigate the effects of anxiety ,depression and life events on patients with non-erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease (NERD) .Methods From November 2016 to December 2017 ,at The First Affiliated Hospital of the Medical College ,Shihezi University ,135 patients with NERD (NERD group) and 133 volunteers who received physical examination at the same period were enrolled (healthy control group) .The scores of self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) ,self-rating depression scale (SDS ) ,life event scale (LES ) and gastroesophageal reflux disease questionnaire (GerdQ ) of the enrolled individuals were obtained by questionnaire .Mann-Whitney ranking test ,chi square test and Spearman rank correlation test were performed for statistical analysis .Results The patients with anxiety in NERD group accounted for 46 .67％ (63/135) ,which was higher than that in healthy control group (1 .50％ ,2/133) ,and the difference was statistically significant (χ2 =74 .38 , P< 0 .01) .The patients with depression in NERD group accounted for 12 .59％ (17/135) ,which was higher than that of healthy control group (0 ,0/133) ,and the difference was statistically significant (χ2 = 17 .88 ,P< 0 .01) .The SAS score of NERD group was 48 points (45 points ,52 points) ,which was higher than that of healthy control group (37 points (33 points ,43 points)) ,and the difference was statistically significant (Z=-11 .03 ,P<0 .01) .The SDS score of NERD group was 46 points (41 points ,50 points) ,which was higher than that of healthy control group (36 points ,32 points to 40 points) ,and the difference was statistically significant (Z= -11 .03 , P<0 .01) .The LES score of NERD group was 32 points (10 points ,45 points) , which was higher than that of healthy control group (3 points ,0 points to 32 points) ,and the difference was statistically significant (Z= -2 .18 ,P=0 .03) .The score of LES negative events in NERD group was 21 points (3 points ,36 points) ,which was higher than that of the healthy control group (0 points ,0 points to 23 points) , and the difference was statistically significant (Z= -2 .19 , P=0 .03) .GerdQ score was positively correlated with SAS ,SDS ,LES scores and LES negative event score ,and the differences were all statistically significant (r=0 .65 ,0 .60 ,0 .29 and 0 .29 ,all P< 0 .05) .Conclusions Anxiety ,depression and life events are the influencing factors of NERD .The greater the impact of anxiety ,depression and life event (especially negative live events) ,the more severe the NERD symptoms .
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Objective To study the prevalence and characteristics of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis(IPF).Methods A total of 48 patients with diffuse parenchymal lung disease(DPLD) including 25 IPF and 23 other DPLD were enrolled from Department of Respiratory Disease in the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University.All patients were subjected to 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring.Pulmonary function test and HRCT of lung were performed at the same time.Results The prevalence of GERD in IPF patients was 64.0％,which was significantly higher than that in other DPLD patients.DeMeester scores were significantly higher in IPF patients than those in non-IPF group[(22.8 ± 21.5) score vs (15.7 ± 14.0) score respectively P ＜ 0.05].Numbers of reflux longer than 5 minutes [(3.8 ± 4.1) time vs (2.1 ± 2.1) time respectively) and reflux index (1.8 ± 1.7 vs 1.3 ± 1.2) in IPF group were higher than those in non-IPF group,yet without statistical significance.Patients with IPF had significantly higher values of following parameters than those in non-IPF patients including percentage of total reflux time(pH ＜ 4.0) (9.2 ± 5.1) ％,percentage of upright reflux time (8.5 ± 5.2) ％,percentage of supine reflux time (10.8 ± 10.7) ％,numbers of reflux (54.2 ± 22.7) time,numbers of regurgitation longer than 5 minutes (6.3 ± 4.2) time,thelongest reflux time (14.5 ± 15.3) min,reflux index 2.5 ± 1.7 and DeMeester scores (34.9 ± 20.3) time (P ＜ 0.05).DeMeester score was positively correlated with gastroesophageal reflux diseases questionnaire (GerdQ) score (r =0.667,P ＜ 0.01).The prevalence of typical GERD sympotoms in the IPF-GERD patients was higher (heartburn 7/16,regurgitation 6/16) than that in IPF patients without GERD (heartburn 2/9,regurgitation 1/9).Conclusion Patients with IPF have a high prevalence of GERD,but usually without typical GERD symptoms.In the hospitals 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring not available,GerdQ can be used to identify GERD in IPF patients.