Ricky Rivalino Sitepu
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sumatera Utara/ Adam Malik General Hospital, Medan, Indonesia

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Infection and Colorectal Neoplasm Gontar Alamsyah Siregar; Sahat Halim; Ricky Rivalino Sitepu
The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Digestive Endoscopy Vol 16, No 1 (2015): VOLUME 16, NUMBER 1, April 2015
Publisher : The Indonesian Society for Digestive Endoscopy

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Colorectal cancer is a major cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality. Colorectal cancer is the third most common malignancy and the 4th most common cause of cancer mortality worldwide. A number of infectious agents are considered to be cancer risk factors due to the hypothesis-generating and supportive evidence accumulated to date. It has been estimated that one fifth of all cancer is caused by some infectious agent(s). Infections from certain bacteria, such as Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), Streptococcus bovis (S. Bovis), viruses, such as human papillomavirus (HPV), human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), and parasites may increase the risk of colorectal cancer. More studies are needed to learn the association of infectious agents with the incidence of colorectal cancer.Keywords: colorectal cancer, infectious agents, malignancy, neoplasms
Dyspepsia and Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scales (DASS) Score Gontar Alamsyah Siregar; Sahat Halim; Ricky Rivalino Sitepu
The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Digestive Endoscopy Vol 17, No 1 (2016): VOLUME 17, NUMBER 1, April 2016
Publisher : The Indonesian Society for Digestive Endoscopy

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Background: Dyspepsia is a constellation of symptoms referable to the gastroduodenal region of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Emotional disturbances are often associated with dyspepsia and have been proposed as one of the possible causes of dyspepsia. This study was aimed to evaluate the difference between the severity of dyspepsia using porto alegre dyspeptic symptoms questionnaire (PADYQ) and emotional disturbances using depression, anxiety, stress scales (DASS).Method: This study was a cross-sectional analytical study. All the subjects were evaluated using PADYQ and DASS. PADYQ is classified into four categories (no, mild, moderate and severe dyspepsia symptoms). Data was analyzed using Independent t-test and Mann-Whitney test. A p 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.Results: There were 90 subjects that enrolled in this study, consisted of 47 (52.2%) males and 43 (47.8%) females. Thirty three (36.7%) subjects had PADYQ score was 6, while it was ≥ 6 in the other 57 (63.3%) subjects. DASS scores were significantly different in subjects without dyspepsia symptoms compared to subjects with dyspepsia symptoms. There is a difference in DASS scores between subjects with different categories of dyspepsia symptoms (p 0.05). Conclusion: There was a difference in the severity of emotional disturbances among subjects with dyspepsia symptoms and without dyspepsia symptoms. The severity of emotional disturbances parallel with the severity of dyspepsia. Evaluation of emotional disturbances in case of dyspepsia will be helpful in the management of dyspepsia.