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| Title |
Eradication of Helicobacter pylori may improve dyspepsia in the elderly for the long term
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| Published in |
BMC Gastroenterology, November 2021
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12876-021-02027-6 |
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| Authors |
Ikko Tanaka, Shoko Ono, Yoshihiko Shimoda, Masaki Inoue, Sayoko Kinowaki, Momoko Tsuda, Masayoshi Ono, Keiko Yamamoto, Yuichi Shimizu, Mototsugu Kato, Naoya Sakamoto |
| Abstract |
Therapy for eradication of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) improves symptoms of H. pylori-associated dyspepsia (HPD), but the effects of eradication in elderly patients are unclear. The aim of our study was to investigate dyspepsia symptoms and long-term effects of eradication in elderly patients. This retrospective study included 496 patients who received H. pylori eradication therapy. The patients were divided into a group of elderly patients (group E: ≧ 65 years old) and a group of non-elderly patients (group N: < 65 years old). Abdominal symptoms were evaluated using a questionnaire about abdominal symptoms before eradication and after eradication (1-2 months and more than one year). Dyspepsia was defined as a score of 4 points or more for at least one of 4 items (postprandial fullness, early satiety, epigastric pain, and hunger pain). Improvement of symptoms was defined on the basis of changes in Global Overall Systems scores. There were no differences in abdominal symptoms before eradication between the two groups. Successful eradication improved symptoms in patients with dyspepsia within 2 months (in 75.6% (56/74) of the patients in group N and in 64.5% (20/31) of the patients in group E). The questionnaire showed that 80% (32/40) of the patients in group N and 60% (12/20) of the patients in group E had long-term relief of dyspepsia. The scores for abdominal symptoms in group E continued to improve for a mean period of 54.8 months after eradication. Eradication of H. pylori age-independently improved dyspepsia symptoms for the long term. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Japan | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 7 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Unspecified | 1 | 14% |
| Researcher | 1 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 4 | 57% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 29% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 4 | 57% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 December 2021.
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