title: The prevalence of symptoms of dyspepsia in north eastern Nigeria. A random community based survey.
abstract: In a randomised household survey of 620 people in rural north eastern Nigeria there was a 26% six month prevalence of dyspepsia in adults and a 6% prevalence amongst teenagers. Dyspepsia was associated with the intake of alcohol (p less than 0.0054) and Cola nut (p less than 0.00013). The prevalence increased with age; the mean length of history was nearly four years and over half of the subjects with dyspepsia had sought medical advice, mainly from traditional healers. 12% of a similar group of hospital patients with dyspepsia were previously found to have peptic ulceration, suggesting that the community prevalence for peptic ulceration is 18/1000. This is lower than found in the 'West'.
authors.affiliation: University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Holcombe
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Omotara
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Padonu
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Bassi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D011897:Random Allocation; D012423:Rural Health; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires