Determinants of symptoms suggestive of gastroesophageal reflux disease in the elderly
| Autor: | Sourander L, I. Räihä, Knuts Lr, Seppälä M, Impivaara O |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Health Status Population Disease Gastroenterology Risk Factors Internal medicine medicine Insomnia Prevalence Humans education Medical History Taking Depression (differential diagnoses) Finland Asthma Aged Aged 80 and over Univariate analysis education.field_of_study business.industry medicine.disease digestive system diseases Multivariate Analysis GERD Gastroesophageal Reflux Population study Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology. 28(11) |
| ISSN: | 0036-5521 |
| Popis: | The study material consisted of 487 subjects from a stratified random sample of the non-institutionalized population of Turku aged 65 years or more (n = 24,937). The study was based on a population study on health status and sleeping habits of the elderly. Information on health status and medications was obtained by means of interviews and from the national health insurance records of the subjects. A postal questionnaire inquired about symptoms suggestive of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). In univariate analyses, perceived poor health, insomnia, disability, depression, previous peptic ulcer, cholelithiasis, and bronchial asthma were associated with daily symptoms suggestive of GERD. Moreover, the symptoms were associated with the use of beta-blocking agents, benzodiazepines, and neuroleptic agents. In multivariate analyses, previous peptic ulcer, perceived poor health, insomnia, and use of benzodiazepines were independently associated with symptoms suggestive of GERD. In conclusion, the determinants of symptoms suggestive of GERD in the elderly differ from those reported in young and middle-aged subjects. |
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