Examining of Predictive Factors for Developing Gastroduodenal Ulcer among Patients Attending Gastrointestinal Teaching Hospitals in Baghdad

Background and Objectives: Duodenal and gastric ulcers remain the two most common perforations of the gastrointestinal tract and might be reduced by the early detection of predictive factors, which has limitedly researched. This study conducted to examine the predictive factors for developing of gastroduodenal ulcer among patients attending Gastrointestinal Teaching Hospitals in Baghdad, Iraq. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey with a total of 100 patients with gastric and duodenal ulcers was recruited using a nonprobability (purposive) sampling technique from September 10, 2022 to May 20, 2023. The constructed and validated gastroduodenal ulcer-related factor questionnaire was used as an adapted instrument for data collection. The data collected were organized and analyzed using SPSS version 26, and the results were presented descriptively and inferentially. The Chi-square test was used to test the association between patients sociodemographic characteristics and their predictive factors. Results: The study findings revealed that lifestyle domains were factors most predicted for development gastroduodenal ulcer with a mean score of M ± Standard deviation = (0.46 ± 0.051). Participants sociodemographical characteristics indicated that (70%) of the them were married, more than half (53%) were unemployed, and (59%) of them had 6001-900 Iraqi diners of monthly income. There was a high association between patients age, educational level, marital status, occupation, and monthly income with the predictive factors for the development of gastroduodenal ulcer at P ≤ 0.05. Conclusion: This study concluded that patients life-style, their dietary habits, and medications were low-risk predictive factors for gastroduodenal ulcer and all correlated with patient age, their educational level, occupation, and monthly income.