Assessment of GERD Knowledge Level Among Patients With it in Korea

Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Esophagitis, Reflux

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02049723

GERDclub2013-97

Details and patient eligibility

About

• 1. Research topic: How much do patients with GERD know about their own disease in Korea? (multicenter survey)

• 2. Questionnaires for multicenter survey:

  3. Questionnaire 1 - include items for basic characteristics of participant patients

  4. Questionnaire 2 - modification of GERD knowledge test which was used in BMC Health Services Research 2008;8:236 (Prof. Jorgen Urnes)

• 3. Subjects: patients with GERD in secondary or tertiary hospital
• 4. Participant institutes: GERD club members, The Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Full description

Validation process to produce Korean version of GERD knowledge test

1. Forward Translation of GERD knowledge test of prof. Jorgen Urnes: through certified translation company
2. Expert's review of the forward translated knowledge test : among members of GERD club,
3. Pilot survey among nurses and some patients
4. Korean Version, provisional
5. Backward translation: through certified translation company
6. Consultation with Prof. Jorgen Urnes about backward translated knowledge test
7. Korean Version, final
8. Print and distribution
9. Study start

Enrollment: 1,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who were diagnosed as GERD by doctors

Exclusion criteria

• Patients without GERD

Trial design

1,000 participants in 1 patient group

Patients with GERD

Description:

The knowledge level on GERD among Korean patients with gastroesophageal disease was evaluated by the method of multicenter survey