Table 2 Frequency and distribution of self-reported functional gastrointestinal symptoms in study population using Rome III criteria, Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeastern Ethiopia, 2015(n = 318)
Functional gastrointestinal symptoms | Functional gastrointestinal symptoms | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Freq | % | Â | Freq | % | |||
At least one symptom | Yes | 202 | 63.5 | UD & HB | Yes | 78 | 24.5 | |
No | 116 | 36.5 | No | 240 | 75.5 | |||
UD | Yes | 154 | 48.4 | Belching | Yes | 80 | 25.2 | |
No | 164 | 51.6 | No | 238 | 74.8 | |||
UD typical symptoms | PPF | Yes | 83 | 26.1 | vomiting | Yes | 18 | 5.7 |
No | 235 | 73.9 | No | 300 | 94.3 | |||
ES | Yes | 72 | 22.6 | Nausea | Yes | 11 | 3.5 | |
No | 246 | 77.4 | No | 307 | 96.5 | |||
Epigastric burning/pain | Yes | 134 | 42.1 | UD & belching | Yes | 66 | 20.8 | |
No | 184 | 57.9 | No | 252 | 79.2 | |||
PPF and ES | Yes | 62 | 19.5 | UD, HB & belching | Yes | 43 | 13.5 | |
No | 256 | 80.5 | No | 275 | 86.5 | |||