Variables | South Africa | Germany | Hungary | Italy | Poland | Spain |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | ||||||
visit 1 | 111 | 141 | 136 | 175 | 135 | 155 |
visit 2 | 54 | 54 | 82 | 101 | 78 | 72 |
Mean age (years), (SD) | 42.2 (11.8) | 43.8 (14.9) | 45.1 (14.2) | 45.8 (15.4) | 45.0 (14.0) | 48.3 (15.9) |
Female | 68.5 | 68.8 | 72.1 | 61.1 | 66.7 | 67.7 |
Caucasian | 11 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Married | 59.5 | 61.7 | 69.1 | 69.7 | 65.9 | 69.0 |
Full-time employed | 41.4 | 61.0 | 64.0 | 48.6 | 52.6 | 43.9 |
Duration of current episode of dyspepsia symptoms > 1 month | 71.2 | 53.2 | 72.8 | 58.3 | 65.1 | 72.3 |
Duration of disease > 5 years | 26.1 | 41.8 | 24.3 | 19.4 | 40.0 | 49.7 |
Severity of symptoms last 7 days at least moderate | 95.5 | 89.3 | 73.5 | 75.4 | 77.8 | 69.7 |
Symptoms on at least 5 days in previous week | 64.9 | 61.0 | 47.1 | 28.6 | 62.2 | 48.4 |
No comorbidity | 59.4 | 80.8 | 69.8 | 84.0 | 73.3 | 31.6 |
Concomitant medication | ||||||
No current medication | 33.3 | 71.6 | 37.5 | 58.3 | 39.2 | 33.5 |
Proton pump inhibitors | 21.6 | 15.6 | 25.7 | 6.8 | 27.4 | 20.6 |
Predominant dyspepsia symptom | ||||||
Abdominal pain | 70.3 | 50.4 | 58.8 | 38.3 | 47.4 | 20.6 |
Abdominal discomfort | 29.7 | 46.1 | 30.1 | 58.3 | 51.9 | 79.4 |
Previous peptic ulcer and/or ulcerative reflux esophagitis | 14.4 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 5.2 |
Emotional problems, past 5 years | 33.3 | 2.8 | 5.1 | 8.0 | 13.3 | 38.7 |