Mu'taz Massad, Elhammouri Nasser, Al-Zoubi Nour, Nawasrah Tayma'a, Fara Sara Abo, Alfuqaha Majd, Hussein Sally, Taqatqa Renad
Department of Internal and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan.
Prz Gastroenterol. 2024;19(3):303-310. doi: 10.5114/pg.2024.143155. Epub 2024 Sep 18.
Common clinical problems are frequently seen in medical students. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is increasingly seen in clinics and is taken seriously into consideration; from this point, we start discussing this disorder. The most important part is to find out the prevalence of GERD among medical students and determine the most dominant risk factors that affect the prognosis of the disease.
We aim at getting enough information about the best lifestyle modifications to alleviate symptoms.
This was a cross-sectional study conducted on medical students in Jordan through a well- structured questionnaire to assess the frequency of symptoms and if there are specific risk factors for medical students.
The prevalence of GERD in medical students was found to be 42.3%, and of these 36% also had associated heartburn symptoms. The potential risk factors were psychological stress and bad dietary habits. Personal life stress was found to be the main cause of stress (65%). GERD patients had sleep problems which had a troublesome impact on them.
GERD symptoms are frequently encountered among the population, with increased prevalence in medical students. The most common symptom was heartburn. However, most of the students were asymptomatic. Multiple potential risk factors were identified including psychological stress and bad dietary habits.
医学生中常见临床问题屡见不鲜。胃食管反流病（GERD）在临床上越来越常见且受到重视，基于此，我们开始探讨这种疾病。最重要的是要了解医学生中GERD的患病率，并确定影响该疾病预后的最主要危险因素。
我们旨在获取足够的信息，了解改善症状的最佳生活方式调整方法。
这是一项针对约旦医学生开展的横断面研究，通过一份结构完善的问卷来评估症状出现的频率以及医学生是否存在特定危险因素。
医学生中GERD的患病率为42.3%，其中36%还伴有烧心症状。潜在危险因素为心理压力和不良饮食习惯。个人生活压力被发现是压力的主要成因（65%）。GERD患者存在睡眠问题，这对他们产生了困扰。
GERD症状在人群中屡见不鲜，在医学生中的患病率更高。最常见的症状是烧心。然而，大多数学生没有症状。已确定多种潜在危险因素，包括心理压力和不良饮食习惯。
