5. An association of psychosocial characteristics and severity of ulcers in adolescents with chronic peptic ulcer disease
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The purpose of the study was to analyze various psychosocial characteristics and to examine their association with the severity of ulcers in adolescents with chronic peptic ulcer. A cross-sectional descriptive study, using interview questionnaires and psychological tests was conducted in 214 adolescents diagnosed with chronic peptic ulcer at 03 central hospitals in Hanoi. The results showed that adolescents with peptic ulcer often had neurotic personality traits (83.1%), had a habit of staying up late after 12 pm (21%), irregular eating (48.1%), and smoked e-cigarettes (18.2%). The majority of the study subjects had psychological trauma (92.1%). The rate of adolescents with peptic ulcer disease suffering from stress, anxiety and depression accounted for 63.6%, 47.2% and 52.8% respectively. Multivariate regression analysis showed that factors including age, s gender, family with separated/divorced parents, conflict with parents, combination of many psychological traumas, sleeping late after 11 pm, irregular eating are factors that increase the risk of peptic ulcer.
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psychosocial, peptic ulcer, adolescent
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