Prevalence Of Peptic Ulcer Disease Among Patients In Primary Health Care Settings

This study was carried out to assess the prevalence of peptic ulcer disease among patients in primary health care settings in Dutse Alhaji, Bwari Area Council, Abuja. The study was carried out to determine the prevalence of peptic ulcers among patients in primary health care settings in Dutse Alhaji, Bwari Area Council, assess the causes of peptic ulcers among patients in primary health care settings in Dutse Alhaji, Abuja, assess the effects of peptic ulcer among patients in primary health care settings in Dutse Alhaji, Abuja, and ascertain the attitude towards the management of peptic ulcer among patients in primary health care settings in Dutse Alhaji, Abuja.

The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprised of patients in primary health care settings in Dutse Alhaji, Abuja. In determining the sample size, the researcher conveniently selected 147 respondents and 141 were validated. Self-constructed and validated questionnaire was used for data collection.

The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed using frequency tables, and mean scores. While the hypotheses was tested Chi-square statistical tool. The result of the findings reveals that there is high prevalence of peptic ulcers among patients in primary health care settings in Dutse Alhaji, Bwari Area Council. Furthermore, the study revealed that the causes of peptic ulcers among patients in primary health care settings in Dutse Alhaji, Abuja includes; smoking, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), alcohol, and starvation Therefore, it is recommended that the general educational levels and socio-economic conditions should be given more emphasis in the already ongoing efforts by the government, non-governmental and international organizations in order to increase their actual knowledge and update them with the most current information about the disease. To mention but a few.