Giriş ve Amaç: Dispepsi; karnin üst bölümünde ve epigastriumda tekrar edici ve israrci rahatsizlik hissi olarak tanımlanir. Genel populasyonda dispepsi prevalansi %25-40 arasında degismektedir. Bu çali smanin amacı 15 yaş üzeri nüfusta dispepsi prevalansini ve dispepsi üzerine etkili faktörleri belirlemektir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Ankara Abidinpasa Park Sağlık Ocagi bölgesinde 15 yaş ve üzerinde 600 kisiye dispepsi prevalansini belirlemeye yönelik Roma II kriterlerine göre hazirlanmis olan anket formu yüzyüze uygulanmıştır. Bulgular: araştırmaya katilim orani %81 (501/600) (yaş ortalaması 37.62, K/E: 226/275), üç aylik süre için dispepsi prevalansi %32.5 saptandi. Dispepsi prevalansi kadınlarda , <40 yaş, sigara kullananlarda, yogun kahve içenlerde, alkol kullananlarda, evli olanlarda, kalabalik ailelerde, gecekonduda yaşayanlarda, egitim düşük olanlarda (lise alti), ev hanimlarinda, baska bir ek hastalığı olan ve bu hastalık nedeniyle ilaç kullananlarda yüksek saptandi. Lojistik regresyon analizinde ise dispepsi için kadın cinsiyet 3.51 kat, 1 paket ve üzerinde sigara içimi 2.50 kat, peptik ülser hastalığı hikayesi 10.90 kat ve ailesinde dispepsi hikayesi olmasi 2.81 kat riskli bulundu. Tartisma: Dispepsi toplumda sik görülen, tetkik, ilaç ve kaybedilen is günü nedeniyle maliyeti oldukça yüksek önemli bir Sağlık problemidir.
Background and Aims: The term dyspepsia is used to refer to recurrent and persistent feeling of discomfort centered in the upper abdominal and epigastric region of the abdomen. The prevalence of dyspepsia is approximately 25-40% in the general population. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and the factors that affect dyspepsia in the population above 15 years old. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire form proposed according to the Rome II criteria was applied in 600 individuals above 15 years of age in Abidinpasa Park Health Center Zone in order to determine the prevalence of dyspepsia. Results: Eighty-one percent of the individuals participated in the study (501/600). The average age was 37.62 and the female/male ratio was 226/275. In this population, the prevalence of dyspepsia was estimated as 35.5% for a period of three months. The prevalence of dyspepsia was modestly higher in women, the population < 40 years old, smokers, married persons, those with high caffeine consumption, those with alcohol use, crowded families, in persons of low socioeconomic status, in persons with poor educational level, in housewives, in persons with accompanying medical problem and in those that must use any other medications. In the logistic regression analysis, the risk for dyspepsia was 3.51 times higher in women, 2.5 times higher in smokers with >20 cigarettes per day habit, 10.9 times higher in those with history of peptic ulcer disease, and 2.81 times higher in those with family history of dyspepsia. Conclusions: Dyspepsia is a health problem that is frequent in the general population, and it results in enormous social costs via both direct medical costs of physician visits, diagnostic tests, and medications and indirect costs of diminished productivity in the workplace.