Table 3 Clinical characteristics of dyspeptic patients attending selected hospitals in Hawassa city administration, February–June, 2023
Variable | Category | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
History of gastritis/PUD | Yes | 326 (54.3) |
No | 274 (45.7) | |
History of H. pylori infection | Not known | 302 (50.3) |
Positive | 76 (12.7) | |
Negative | 222 (37.0) | |
History of H. pylori eradication | Yes | 38 (50) |
No | 38 (50) | |
Duration of illness | Less than a month | 188 (31.3) |
More than a month | 412 (68.7) | |
Timing of dyspepsia feeling | Long interval between meals | 44 (7.3) |
Before meal | 106 (17.7) | |
After meal | 288 (48.0) | |
Always | 132 (22.0) | |
At night | 30 (5.0) | |
History of other diseases | Yes | 219 (36.5) |
No | 381 (63.5) | |
History of alcohol drinking | Yes | 78 (13.0) |
No | 522 (87.0) | |
History of traditional medicine use | Used | 59 (9.8) |
Not used | 541 (90.2) | |
H. pylori FAT | Positive | 291 (48.5) |
Negative | 309 (51.5) | |
Eradication regimen | OAC for 14-days | 271 (93.1) |
OAC for 10-days | 20 (6.9) | |
Self-reported after therapy | Improved | 209 (34.8) |
Partially improved | 40 (6.7) | |
No improvement at all | 38 (6.3) | |
On worsening | 4 (0.7) | |
Self-reported treatment completeness | Complete | 219 (75.3) |
Mostly complete | 41 (14.1) | |
Partially complete | 31 (10.6) | |
H. pylori eradication | Eradicated | 244 (83.8) |
Not eradicated | 47 (16.2) |