Prevalence of EED and Quality of Life Evaluated by Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)-Q in Korean GERD Patients

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00768196

Acronym

Preedom

Enrollment

2000

Registered

2008-10-07

Start date

2008-09-30

Completion date

2009-02-28

Last updated

2010-12-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Keywords

GERD, Korea, typical symptom, quality of life, Naturalistic, epidemiological

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to asses the EED symptom prevalence in Koran GERD patients with typical reflux symptom and to evaluate quality of life with the scales including Gerd Q.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* GERD patients who have experienced heartburn or acid regurgitation during past 7 days * GERD patients who have already undergone endoscopy before enrolment

Exclusion criteria

* Involvement in the planning and conduct of the programme * The person who took the medicine such as PPI or H2RA during the last 7 days * Severe systemic disease

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary variable is the total rate of GERD patients who had EED symptom and effect on their quality of life.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The secondary variable is the comparison of the EED symptom frequency in ERD and NERD patients.	—

Countries

South Korea

Outcome results