Prevalence of Peptic Ulcer Disease among the Patients with Abdominal Pain Attending the Department Of Medicine in Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh

Abstract

Peptic Ulcer Disease or PUD, one of the most common ulcers, refers to ulcer of the gastrointestinal tract in the region of the stomach. This is an important cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world affecting the lives of millions of people in their everyday life. However, sufficient and up-to-date data regarding the disease in Bangladesh are largely lacking. Therefore this descriptive study was conducted from June to December 2013 to explore the prevalence of peptic ulcer disease among the patients attending the department of medicine in Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh. Detailed information was collected from the patients (respondents) and hospital files of 196 patients with peptic ulcer on a predesigned pro-forma and analyzed using SPSS 17 for frequencies and distributions. The study shows that 16.3%, 24%, 7.7%, 25.5% and 26.5% of the respondents belongs to age group of 15-20 years, 21-25 years, 26-30 years, 31-35 years and 36-45 years with the mean age Mean ± SD=3.22  1.474. The study reveals that most of the respondents (62.8%) are Male and rests of them were Female (37.2%). Majority of the respondents (60.2%) had a family history of the disease and only 39.8% did not. The study shows that most of the respondents (33.7%) were higher secondary, 16.8% were undergraduate, 15.3% were postgraduate, 13.3% were secondary, 10.7% were illiterate and only 10.2% were primary. Most of the respondents (35.2%) are professional followed by 26% were technical, 19.9% were day labour and only 18.9% were farmer. Majority of the respondents' monthly family income about 53.6% was less than 10000 Tk, 36.2% of the respondents had 10001 to 20000 Tk, 3.1% had 20001 to 30000 Tk, 2.6% had 30001 to 40000 Tk, 1.5% had 40001 to 50000 Tk and 3.1% had an income above 50001 Tk.The problems of the disease can be tackled through prevention and treatment which includes education, increasing awareness, reducing stress, smoking and decreased intake of NSAIDs.