TY - JOUR AU - Anastasiou, Foteini AU - Antonakis, Nikos AU - Chaireti, Georgia AU - Theodorakis, Pavlos N. AU - Lionis, Christos PY - 2006 DA - 2006/03/04 TI - Identifying dyspepsia in the Greek population: translation and validation of a questionnaire JO - BMC Public Health SP - 56 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - Studies on clinical issues, including diagnostic strategies, are considered to be the core content of general practice research. The use of standardised instruments is regarded as an important component for the development of Primary Health Care research capacity. Demand for epidemiological cross-cultural comparisons in the international setting and the use of common instruments and definitions valid to each culture is bigger than ever. Dyspepsia is a common complaint in primary practice but little is known with respect to its incidence in Greece. There are some references about the Helicobacter Pylori infection in patients with functional dyspepsia or gastric ulcer in Greece but there is no specific instrument for the identification of dyspepsia. This paper reports on the validation and translation into Greek, of an English questionnaire for the identification of dyspepsia in the general population and discusses several possibilities of its use in the Greek primary care. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-56 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-6-56 ID - Anastasiou2006 ER -