TY - JOUR
AU - Braig, Stefanie
AU - Berger, Simon
AU - Rothenbacher, David
AU - Schmid, Stefanie
AU - Seufferlein, Thomas
AU - Brenner, Hermann
AU - Rothenbacher, Dietrich
AU - Gündel, Harald
TI - Time trends in dyspepsia and association with H. pylori and work-related stress-An observational study in white collar employees in 1996 and 2015.
JO - PLoS one
VL - 13
IS - 6
SN - 1932-6203
CY - Lawrence, Kan.
PB - PLoS
M1 - DKFZ-2018-01134
SP - e0199533
PY - 2018
AB - We aimed to describe time trends in functional dyspepsia and the association of dyspepsia-related factors, Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and work-related stress with functional dyspepsia in white collar employees in 1996 and 2015.Repeat cross-sectional study conducted in 1996 (n = 190, response rate = 76.1) and 2015 (n = 195, response rate = 40.2) within a health insurance company in South-West Germany. Dyspeptic symptoms measured according to the Rome III criteria, effort-reward imbalance and further work- or dyspepsia-related factors were assessed by self-administered questionnaire. H. pylori infection as possible factor for dyspeptic symptoms was measured by a 13C-urea breath test or an antigen stool test. Kruskal-Wallis tests and multivariable logistic regression models were calculated comparing the upper tertile of dyspeptic symptom scale to the middle and lower tertile.Mean dyspepsia symptom scores and work-related stress did not differ comparing 1996 and 2015. In bivariate analyses, dyspeptic symptom scores were consistently correlated with sex, age, and using antacids. Further dyspepsia-related factors were smoking and non-leading occupational position in 1996 and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs as well as high effort-reward imbalance in 2015. High intrinsic effort was positively associated with high dyspepsia symptom scores in both studies. Following multivariable adjustment, we observed a consistent association between high intrinsic effort at work and dyspeptic symptoms, although the association was only marginally statistically significant in 1996. Furthermore, a strong association of somatization, only measured in 2015, with dyspeptic symptoms was shown.Dyspepsia-related factors may have changed throughout the last decades. Nevertheless, although occupational situations might differ, the intrinsic effort is still strongly associated with dyspeptic symptoms.
LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6 - pmid:29933411
C2 - pmc:PMC6014634
DO - DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0199533
UR - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/136665
ER -