TITLE:
Identification of life habits factors as risk for gastritis and colitis occurrence in a mestizo population of Chabeklumil, Chiapas, México
AUTHORS:
Diana Cecilia Tapia-Pancardo, Ramiro Jesús-Sandoval, Myrna Miriam Valera-Mota, José Luis Cadena-Anguiano, Miguel Murguía-Romero, Rafael Villalobos-Molina
KEYWORDS:
Gastritis; Colitis; Life Habits Risk Factors; Poverty; Mexican Mestizo Population
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Nursing,
Vol.2 No.2,
June
29,
2012
ABSTRACT: Aim: Gastric diseases are a recent trend in morbidity in México. We aimed to identify most frequent life habits factors as risk for gastritis and colitis occurrence, in a Mexican mestizo population in Chabeklumil, Chiapas. Population: This study was observational, descriptive, transversal and prospective; 346 questionnaires were applied to individuals of both genders from 11 years of age, with low income and socio-economic status, after they signed the informed consent. An individual file was created by the nurses in Chabeklumil. The predominant gender in the population was female (56.1%), with a distribution of 166 among adulthood (19 - 59 years of age); among males (43.9%), 133 included adults. Results: We identified the following environmental risk factors to develop gastritis and colitis: long periods of daily fasting > consumption of irritant food and drink > stress, in females; in contrast, males reported alcohol and tobacco consumption > irritant food and drink > long periods of daily fasting > stress. We found statistical differences (P