Knowledge, and Practice of Helicobacter Pylori Infection

NCT ID: NCT06628089

Last Updated: 2024-10-04

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Total Enrollment: 300 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-10-31
• Study Completion Date: 2025-03-31

Brief Summary

Helicobacter Pylori infection is very common in Our community However, it may be misdiagnosed and treated from the start until the patient present with complications. Therefore, it is essential that primary care physicians have the appropriate knowledge for making adequate decisions and preventing incorrect practices that result in elevated costs and absolutely no health benefits for the population. So this study aims to evaluate the knowledge and practice of primary healthcare physicians at Sohag health care units concerning H. Pylori infection.

Detailed Description

The most common cause of chronic gastritis is Helicobacter pylori, which can also cause serious gastroduodenal diseases in some patients. These include gastric cancer, gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma, and gastric and duodenal peptic ulcer disease (PUD). Strong correlations have been shown between H. pylori and a number of extra-gastric illnesses, including vitamin B12 deficiency, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, and unexplained iron-deficiency anemia. Identifying and eliminating H. pylori in people suffering from these conditions is also advised. Furthermore, neurological disorders, cardiovascular disorders, hepatobiliary disorders and autoimmune disorders may be associated with H. pylori infection. Age, ethnicity, degree of hygiene, and social and economic circumstances are risk factors for H. pylori infection An elevated prevalence of gastrointestinal diseases or symptoms (for example, dyspeptic symptoms) in populations where H. pylori infection is high, implies that a large number of subjects receive primary health care.Therefore, it is essential that primary care physicians have the appropriate knowledge for making adequate decisions and preventing incorrect practices that result in elevated costs and absolutely no health benefits for the population.

Since day-to-day clinical practice demonstrates that many healthcare disciplines surprisingly deal with H. pylori infection in the absence of local guidelines on this matter, there has been no study conducted in Sohag Governate evaluated knowledge, practice and attitude about H. pylori among healthcare physicians as of the time I conducted this survey.

Conditions

Helicobacter Pylori Infection

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

1

A questionnaire about H. Pylori infection, mode of transmission, Symptoms, treatment will be carried to primary health care physicians and will be asked to answer it

Questionnaire

Intervention Type: OTHER

A questionnaire for primary healthcare physicians designed to evaluate knowledge about H. Pylori mode of transmission, symptoms, complications and treatment.

2

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Questionnaire

A questionnaire for primary healthcare physicians designed to evaluate knowledge about H. Pylori mode of transmission, symptoms, complications and treatment.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• physicians at primary healthcare units in Sohag governorate

Exclusion Criteria

• Nonmedical personnel
• GIT specialists
• physicians at secondary or tertiary healthcare centers

• Minimum Eligible Age: 25 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 50 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Sohag University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Esraa Kamal Abdelzaher

Principal investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

Esraa Kamal Abd El-zaher, main investigator

Role: CONTACT

esraakamal@med.sohag.edu.eg

+201127842298

Other Identifiers

EKAbdelzaher

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id