Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Korean Health Personnel
Gut and Liver
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: 648-654, 2013.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/AIMS:
The aims of this study were to evaluate whether doctors and nurses in a single hospital were at an increased risk of acquiring Helicobacter pylori infection in 2011 and to identify risk factors for H. pylori seroprevalence.METHODS:
Nurses (n=362), doctors (n=110), health personnel without patient contact (medical control, n=179), and nonhospital controls (n=359) responded to a questionnaire during a health check-up, which included questions on socioeconomic status, education level, working years, and occupation in 2011. The prevalence of H. pylori was measured by serology.RESULTS:
The seroprevalence rate was 29.8% (nurses), 34.5% (doctors), 30.7% (medical control), and 52.9% (nonhospital control). Among younger subjects ( or =40 years of age. The risk factors for H. pylori seroprevalence were not different for health and nonhealth personnel. A multivariate analysis indicated that seropositivity significantly increased with age, the province of residence, and a gastroscopic finding of a peptic ulcer.CONCLUSIONS:
The medical occupation was not associated with H. pylori infection. The seroprevalence of H. pylori in one hospital in 2011 was found to be 38.7%, most likely due to the improvement in socioeconomic status and hospital hygiene policy in Korea.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Peptic Ulcer
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Personnel, Hospital
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Pharmacists
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Time Factors
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Seroepidemiologic Studies
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Residence Characteristics
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Prevalence
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Risk Factors
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Administrative Personnel
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Gut and Liver
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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