The link between psychosocial factors and functional dyspepsia: an epidemiological study / 中华医学杂志(英文版)
Chinese Medical Journal
;
(24): 1082-1084, 2002.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-340381
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the prevalence of functional dyspepsia (FD) and the psychological disorders in Chinese population and their relation.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A total of 1016 apparently healthy people (study population) randomly selected from population were interviewed. A general questionnaire, Zung self-rating depression scales (SDS), and anxiety scales (SAS) were given to each subject. Seventy-two inpatients with confirmed diagnosis of FD, 84 with organic dyspepsia, and 197 with other organic diseases were also studied.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Among the study population, 23.5% had FD and 9. 1% had disturbances of depression and/or anxiety. The prevalence of psychological disturbances in FD group (15.5%) differed significantly from that in non-FD group (7.1%, P < 0.01 ) . In the survey of inpatients, the rate of depression/anxiety in FD group (54.2%) was greater than that in organic dyspepsia group (19.0%) and other organic diseases group (28.9%), P < 0.05, and was also significantly higher than that of the FD cases in the study population (15.5%), P < 0.01. Further analysis showed that some psychosocial disturbances were risk factors of FD.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Both FD and depression/anxiety disturbances are common in China, and there is a link between them.</p>
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Main subject:
Anxiety
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Psychology
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China
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Epidemiology
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Prevalence
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Mood Disorders
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Depression
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Dyspepsia
Type of study:
Prevalence study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Chinese Medical Journal
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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