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Estimating the burden of acute gastrointestinal illness in the community in Gansu Province, northwest China, 2012–2013
BACKGROUND: Acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) imposes considerable social and economic burden on low and middle-income countries. This study aimed to estimate the occurrence, distribution, and burden of self-reported AGI in Gansu Province of northwest China, where economic growth rates have lagge...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4246514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25086445 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-787 |
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author | Sang, Xiang-Lai Liang, Xiao-Cheng Chen, Yan Li, Jian-Dong Li, Jing-Guang Bai, Li Sun, Jian-Yun |
author_facet | Sang, Xiang-Lai Liang, Xiao-Cheng Chen, Yan Li, Jian-Dong Li, Jing-Guang Bai, Li Sun, Jian-Yun |
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description | BACKGROUND: Acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) imposes considerable social and economic burden on low and middle-income countries. This study aimed to estimate the occurrence, distribution, and burden of self-reported AGI in Gansu Province of northwest China, where economic growth rates have lagged far behind those of other regions in China and systematic studies to investigate the burden of AGI are still lacking. METHODS: Twelve-month, retrospective face-to-face surveys were conducted in three sentinel sites between June 2012 and May 2013. Respondents were asked if they had experienced diarrhoea or vomiting in the 28 days prior to the interview. RESULTS: In total, 2094 interviews were completed. The adjusted monthly prevalence was 8.5% with an incidence rate of 1.16 episodes of AGI per person-year. Healthcare was sought by 73.8% of those reporting illness. Of the cases who visited a doctor, 50.5% submitted a stool sample. The use of antibiotics was reported by 65.6% of the cases and 53.3% took antidiarrhoeals. In the multivariable model, age, household income and sentinel site were significant risk factors of being a case of AGI. CONCLUSIONS: The burden of AGI was considerable in Gansu Province of northwest China. Ongoing research to identify the main causes of AGI is needed for more accurate estimate of the burden of AGI in this region. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-787) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-42465142014-11-29 Estimating the burden of acute gastrointestinal illness in the community in Gansu Province, northwest China, 2012–2013 Sang, Xiang-Lai Liang, Xiao-Cheng Chen, Yan Li, Jian-Dong Li, Jing-Guang Bai, Li Sun, Jian-Yun BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) imposes considerable social and economic burden on low and middle-income countries. This study aimed to estimate the occurrence, distribution, and burden of self-reported AGI in Gansu Province of northwest China, where economic growth rates have lagged far behind those of other regions in China and systematic studies to investigate the burden of AGI are still lacking. METHODS: Twelve-month, retrospective face-to-face surveys were conducted in three sentinel sites between June 2012 and May 2013. Respondents were asked if they had experienced diarrhoea or vomiting in the 28 days prior to the interview. RESULTS: In total, 2094 interviews were completed. The adjusted monthly prevalence was 8.5% with an incidence rate of 1.16 episodes of AGI per person-year. Healthcare was sought by 73.8% of those reporting illness. Of the cases who visited a doctor, 50.5% submitted a stool sample. The use of antibiotics was reported by 65.6% of the cases and 53.3% took antidiarrhoeals. In the multivariable model, age, household income and sentinel site were significant risk factors of being a case of AGI. CONCLUSIONS: The burden of AGI was considerable in Gansu Province of northwest China. Ongoing research to identify the main causes of AGI is needed for more accurate estimate of the burden of AGI in this region. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-787) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2014-08-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4246514/ /pubmed/25086445 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-787 Text en © Sang et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014 This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Sang, Xiang-Lai Liang, Xiao-Cheng Chen, Yan Li, Jian-Dong Li, Jing-Guang Bai, Li Sun, Jian-Yun Estimating the burden of acute gastrointestinal illness in the community in Gansu Province, northwest China, 2012–2013 |
title | Estimating the burden of acute gastrointestinal illness in the community in Gansu Province, northwest China, 2012–2013 |
title_full | Estimating the burden of acute gastrointestinal illness in the community in Gansu Province, northwest China, 2012–2013 |
title_fullStr | Estimating the burden of acute gastrointestinal illness in the community in Gansu Province, northwest China, 2012–2013 |
title_full_unstemmed | Estimating the burden of acute gastrointestinal illness in the community in Gansu Province, northwest China, 2012–2013 |
title_short | Estimating the burden of acute gastrointestinal illness in the community in Gansu Province, northwest China, 2012–2013 |
title_sort | estimating the burden of acute gastrointestinal illness in the community in gansu province, northwest china, 2012–2013 |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4246514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25086445 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-787 |
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