A new questionnaire for the diagnosis of dyspepsia
Acta gastroenterol. latinoam
;
32(1): 25-28, maiy 2002. tab
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
A questionnaire to diagnose dyspepsia was created. The questionnaire consists in 9 items written in very clear and understandable language and related to the cardinal symptoms of dyspepsia (easy sensation of fullness, postprandial epigastric fullness, heartburn, regurgitation, nausea, vomiting, postprandial epigastric pain, excessive belching and hunger pain). The questionnaire also includes a system of quantification levels for each symptom, taking into account its frequency and intensity of presentation in the previous two weeks 1 point, if the symptom did not bother at all or only infrequently; 2 points, if it bothered only a little; 3 points, if it bothered moderately; and 4 points, if it bothered a lot. The questionnaire was applied to 40 patients with dyspepsia and 20 healthy control subjects, and their answers were compared with data obtained by anamnesis. For the comparison, three criteria were considered to define, with the questionnaire, the existence of dyspepsia A) Presence of a minimum of 2 symptoms, and at least one of them with a quantification level of 2 points or more; B) Presence of a minimum of 2 symptoms, and at least one of them with a quantification level of 3 points or more; and C) Presence of a minimum of 2 symptoms with a quantification level of 3 points or more. Of these three criteria, criterion B was found to be the best, and following it, the sensitivity and specificity of the questionnaire were, respectively, 95% and 100%. The new questionnaire will be, for sure, a useful instrument to accurately investigate dyspepsia, specially in large population groups
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Dyspepsia
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Acta gastroenterol. latinoam
Journal subject:
Gastroenterology
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Peru
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia/PE
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