Investigation on related factors of Helicobacter Pylori infection, and knowledge of outpatients with 13C-urea breath test / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the infection rate,the correlated risk factors and knowledge of Helicobacter Pylori infection among the outpatients with 13C-urea breath test (13C-UBT).Methods 13C-UBT was performed to evaluate the HP infection status.Self-designed questionnaires were adopted to conduct investigation among 500 outpatients with 13C-UBT and then the results were analyzed.Results The HP infection rate was 46％ in our research.Demographic factors of ages in different groups,on the job or not,HP testing times and different education degree as well as having susceptible factors of family history of HP infection or not,using the public chopsticks or not,sitting up late,history of digestive disease were statistically significant.Positive HP infection was statistically significant different in people with different knowledge of HP infection.71.8％ of the patients had never heard of the HP could cause none digestive system diseases,61.4％ of the patients didn't know how to use drug combination,64.6％ of patients didn't know the review time and 53.4％ of patients did not know how to prevent and control HP infection.Conclusions There is high HP infection rate in outpatients receiving 13C-UBT.The infectious sources of HP commonly exist in population,and the route of transmission was various.We should focus on the susceptible people and strengthen health education,advocate eating separately,improve sanitary consciousness,add HP-test in the health test and enhance the reasonable intervention about HP infection.