Infection and Predictors Among Dyspeptic Adult Patients in Southwest Ethiopia: Cross-Sectional Study.

BACKGROUND

Globally, infection affects approximately 4.4 billion people. The burden of the infection varies within and between countries, with a higher prevalence reported from developing countries including Ethiopia. Thus, this study aimed to determine the magnitude and predictors of infection among dyspeptic patients who visited Wachemo University Nigist Eleni Mohammed Memorial Referral Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia.

METHODS

Consecutive willing dyspeptic adult patients (n=405) were enrolled in a cross-sectional study done from September to December 18, 2019. Socio-demographic and behavioral characteristics of the study participants were gathered by a pretested structured questionnaire. Stool samples were examined for antigens using Wondfo one step feces test kit. SPSS version 20 was utilized to compute descriptive statistics, binary and multivariate logistic regression. A p-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant.

RESULTS

Mean age of patients was 30 (± 7.4 SD) years, and 56.8% of participants were females. About 51.4% (208/405) of adult dyspeptic patients were infected with . Being female gender (AOR꞊ 2.56, CI 95% ꞊1.61-4.07, p꞊0.001), consumption of alcohol (AOR꞊1.95, CI 95% ꞊1.02-3.73, p꞊ 0.019) and being undernourished (underweighted) (AOR꞊ 4.59, CI 95%꞊ 1.28-16.45, p꞊0.019) were independent predictors of infection.

CONCLUSION

In the study area, high (51.4%) magnitude of infection was observed in dyspeptic patients and significantly associated with female gender, alcohol consumption, and undernourishment.