Natural history of dyspepsia

Lars Agréus, Lars Agréus

Abstract

Many individuals in the Western world suffer from heartburn, acid regurgitation, abdominal pain, or bowel habit disturbances. The reported prevalence of dyspepsia is approximately 25% with similar values for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. While prevalence rates are stable over time, substantial changes occur in the main symptom profiles of sufferers. The economic costs of dyspepsia are considerable.

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Figure 1
Percentage of responders in a population based study reporting dyspepsia, dyspepsia subgroups, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).12The prevalence of "overall" dyspepsia includes reflux symptoms and is given with and without concomitant IBS symptoms.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Development of a symptom profile among 1059 individuals who responded to the same postal questionnaire twice, one year apart (82% of the sample responded to both surveys).1256

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