MAGNITUDE OF FUNCTIONAL DYSPEPSIA AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG ADULTS VISITING OUT PATENT DEPARTMENT AT WOLKITE UNIVERSITY SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL, WOLKITE ETHIOPIA

Abstract

Background: Functional dyspepsia is a prevalent condition with symptoms that originate in the upper abdomen area, both in the general population and in clinical settings. The magnitude of functional dyspepsia and its contributing variables vary from nation to nation. It is most common gastrointestinal disease in developing countries. However, had not been widely used in routine medical practice because the concept of functional dyspepsia is relatively new and not widely recognized, usually missed in the diagnosis. The magnitude of functional dyspepsia in Ethiopia is not well known and limited researches has been conducted about it in Ethiopia.Objective: To assess the magnitude of functional dyspepsia and its associated factors among adults visiting outpatient department at Wolkite University Specialized teaching hospital: 2023 G.C. Method: Institution based cross-sectional study design was utilized and the 254 participants were interviewed using both self-administered and interviewer administered structured questionnaires and they were selected using consecutive sampling technique. The data was collected, sorted by group members then entered into EPI data version 3.4 software, and exported to statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 27 software packages for further analysis. The association between each independent variable and the dependent was determined using binary logistic regression. In a multivariable analysis, variables wereconsidered statistically significant if they had a P-value of less than 0.05 at 95% confidence interval.RESULT: A total of 254 patients participated in this study with 100% response rate. Functional dyspepsia was diagnosis in76(29.9%), by using R3DQ. In multivariate regressionanalysis, occupation (AOR:0.281,95%CI (0.11-0.721)), drugs (A0R:3.624,95%CI (1.915-6.856)), smoking (AOR:3.181,95%CI (1.498,6.758) and drinking alcohol (AOR: 0.36(0.14-0.97), were significantly associated with functional dyspepsia at p-value (≤0.05).Conclusions and Recommendations: The result of this study show that functionaldyspepsia was associated with a variety of factors. Functional dyspepsia could be prevented by working on lifestyle habits modification and giving more attention towards drug user.