Quality of Life among Patients with Helicobacter Pylori Infection

Abstract

Background: Helicobacter pylori infection is one of the most prevalent bacterial disorders worldwide, contributing to around 50% of all infections. Aim of study: was to assess the quality of life among patients with helicobacter pylori infection. Research Design: Descriptive research design was utilized in conducting this study. Setting: The Benha University Hospital in Benha City's Medical Outpatient Clinics served as the study's location. Sample: A simple random sample was employed. Which included 288 patients. Tools. Two tools were utilized. Tool I: A structured interviewing questionnaire: to assess patient's socio demographic characteristics, medical history, knowledge about helicobacter pylori infection and reported practices for preventing complications of helicobacter pylori infection. Tool II: A scale for determining the quality of Life of helicobacter pylori-infected patients. Results:39.2% of studied patients ‘age ranged between 50 to less than 60 years old, 27.1 % suffered from chronic diseases, 92.4 % of them had diagnosed with H. pylori infection from less than one year, 45.8% had average knowledge level about helicobacter pylori infection, 55.6% exhibited unsatisfactory practices level for preventing complication of helicobacter pylori infection, 32.3 % of them had diminished quality of Life level. Conclusion: less than one fifth of the patients had good knowledge or understanding of helicobacter pylori, while over than half of them had satisfactory levels of practice about the infection. Furthermore, less than half of them had an average quality of Life. Strong positive relations were observed between the total knowledge score, total reported practices score, and overall quality of Life score of the patients under research. Recommendation: develop health educational programs for helicobacter pylori infection that help patients to improve and update the most current knowledge, practices, and quality of Life about helicobacter pylori infection.