Adaptation and validation of the EPIC-Norfolk food frequency questionnaire for assessing dietary intake in Ukrainian adults.

Introduction: Currently, there are no validated food frequency questionnaires (FFQs) for evaluating nutrient intake in Ukrainian adults. This study aimed to adapt and validate the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer Food Frequency Questionnaire (EPIC-Norfolk FFQ) for this population group.

Methods: Adults aged 18-54 years (n=90) living in different regions of Ukraine completed the new Ukrainian version of the EPIC-Norfolk FFQ and provided information about their 24-hour dietary recall.

RELATIONSHIP OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI CAGA AND VACA STATUS TO MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES OF GASTRIC MUCOSA AND PRIMARY CLARITHROMYCIN RESISTANCE RATE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC GASTRITIS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.

Objective: The aim: To investigate the relation of H. pylori CagA and VacA status to morphological changes of gastric mucosa and primary clarithromycin resistance rate in patients with chronic gastritis.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between May 2021 and January 2023, involving 64 patients with H.

[INFLUENCE OF COMBINED ERADICATION AND PROKINETIC THERAPY ON CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL STATUS AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH FUNCTIONAL DYSPEPSIA - POSTPRANDIAL DISTRESS SYNDROME: RANDOMIZED PROSPECTIVE STUDY].

Functional dyspepsia - postprandial distress-syndrome (FD-PDS) is one of the most common reasons for seeking medical attention of general practitioners, internists and gastroenterologists worldwide. Standard approaches to the treatment of patients with postprandial distress syndrome are only effective in small amount of cases. Aim of the study - comparative assessment of the effectiveness of combined eradication and prokinetic therapy and eradication therapy only in the treatment of FD-PDS by studying their effect on the clinical manifestations of the disease, patients' psychological status and quality of life.

RISK FACTORS AND COMORBIDITY IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUNCTIONAL DYSPEPSIA: RETROSPECTIVE COHORT ANALYSIS.

There is a significant data about overlap of functional dyspepsia (FD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), however mostly the data is based on the previous diagnostic criteria and do not include other pathologies. In the previous researches there were no differential statistical analysis performed for different types of FD - postprandial distress syndrome (PDS) and epigastric pain syndrome (EBS). Aim of the study - to assess potential risk factors and the prevalence of comorbid conditions associated with FD and to compare their frequency with the same in the group with no dyspeptic complaints and in patients with different types of FD - PDS and EPS.

Peculiarities of psychological status in patients with functional dyspepsia: postprandial distress syndrome.

Introduction: Among all causes of epigastric pain or burning, early satiety, bothersome fullness, the most common one is functional dyspepsia (FD). Analysis of psychological peculiarities of patients with FD becomes one of the key problems. The aim: To compare the level of anxiety, depression, and social functioning of patients with postprandial distress syndrome (PDS), patients with epigastric pain syndrome (EBS), and healthy volunteers.