Introdução e objetivos: Eosinofilia duodenal está associada com parasitoses intestinais e com alergias alimentares, e tem sido sugerida como possível fator etiológico da dispepsia funcional, pela capacidade de causar alterações na motilidade e na sensibilidade do aparelho digestivo. Sua relação com o Helicobacter pylori é pouco conhecida, tendo sido avaliada apenas como achado secundário em alguns estudos, com resultados controversos. Esse estudo tem como objetivos avaliar o papel da infecção gástrica pelo H. pylori no número de eosinófilos duodenais e avaliar a relação dos eosinófilos duodenais com os sintomas da dispepsia funcional. Métodos: foram avaliados 100 pacientes dispépticos funcionais, de acordo com os critérios de Roma III, dos quais 50 foram H. pylori positivos e 50 negativos. Os pacientes foram submetidos à endoscopia digestiva alta com biópsias gástricas e duodenais. A positividade do H. pylori foi avaliada pelo teste de urease e pelo exame histológico (Hematoxilina-eosina e Giemsa). As biópsias duodenais foram avaliadas com hematoxilina-eosina e a número de eosinófilos duodenais foi quantificada pela média de eosinófilos por 5 campos de grande aumento (CGA) aleatórios e não sobrepostos. Eosinofilia duodenal foi definida pela presença de >22 eosinófilos/CGA. As medianas das médias aritméticas dos eosinófilos duodenais por cinco CGA foram comparadas entre os pacientes H. pylori positivos e negativos. Também foi avaliada a relação do número de eosinófilos duodenais com a intensidade e tipo de sintomas dispépticos, determinados por questionário validado (PADYQ). Os eosinófilos duodenais foram avaliados para variáveis demográficas e endoscópicas. Resultados: Pacientes do sexo feminino representaram 88% da amostra e a idade média foi de 41,7 anos As características basais dos pacientes H. pylori positivos e H. pylori negativos foram semelhantes. Apenas um paciente, no grupo H. pylori positivo, apresentou eosinofilia duodenal. As medianas dos eosinófilos duodenais/CGA foram 4,6 [P25-75: 2,8-7,2] nos pacientes H. pylori negativos e 4,7 [P25-75: 3,4-8,4] nos H. pylori positivos (p= 0,403). O número de eosinófilos 8 duodenais foi significativamente maior em pacientes com sintomas mais intensos: pacientes com escore do PADYQ >22 (>50% da pontuação máxima) apresentaram mediana de eosinófilos duodenais/CGA de 5,4 [P25-75: 3,4–7,6] e pacientes com escore ≤22 de 3,4 [P25-75: 2,2–6,0] (p= 0,018). Os pacientes foram divididos em tercis, de acordo com a intensidade dos sintomas: grupo 1 com 31 pacientes (sintomas leves); grupo 2 com 30 pacientes (sintomas moderados); e grupo 3 com 31 pacientes (sintomas acentuados). A mediana dos eosinófilos duodenais/CGA no grupo 1 foi de 3,4 [P25-75: 2,2 -6,0]; no grupo 2 de 4,7 [P25-75: 3,2-6,4]; e o grupo 3 de 5,8 [P25-75: 3,6-8,2] (P=0,033). Houve diferença estatisticamente significativa no número de eosinófilos duodenais entre fumantes e não fumantes (p= 0,030) e entre pacientes com índice de massa corporal (IMC) <25 kg/m2 e IMC ≥ 25 kg/m2 (p= 0,035). Na análise multivariada por regressão linear, os fatores que tiveram influência sobre o número de eosinófilos duodenais foram o tabagismo (p= 0,026) e a intensidade dos sintomas dispépticos (p= 0,039). Conclusões: Esse estudo não mostrou associação entre a infecção pelo H. pylori e a contagem de eosinófilos duodenais, nessa população de pacientes dispépticos funcionais. Entretanto, foi demonstrada uma relação diretamente proporcional e estatisticamente significativa entre o número de eosinófilos duodenais e a intensidade dos sintomas dispépticos. / Background and Aims: Duodenal eosinophilia is associated with intestinal parasitosis and food allergies. It has also been implicated as a potential factor on the etiology of functional dyspepsia, probably by causing changes in digestive tract motility and sensitivity. The association with Helicobacter pylori is poorly understood, and has been only evaluated as a secondary finding in 9 previous studies, with conflicting results. This study aims to evaluate the potential role of gastric H. pylori infection in the duodenal eosinophil count, and the influence of duodenal eosinophils on symptoms in functional dyspeptic subjects. Methods: One hundred functional dyspeptic subjects, according to Rome III criteria, were evaluated, and 50 were H. pylori positive and 50 H. pylori negative. Patients were submitted to upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with gastric and duodenal biopsies. H. pylori positivity was evaluated by urease test and gastric histology (Hematoxylin-eosin and Giemsa). Duodenal biopsies were evaluated with Hematoxylin-Eosin staining, and the duodenal eosinophil count was determined by the mean of eosinophil by 5 random nonoverlapping high power fields (HPF). Duodenal eosinophilia was defined as >22 eosinophils/HPF. The median of the arithmetic means of the duodenal eosinophils counts per high power field were compared between H. pylori positive and H. pylori negative subjects. The relationship between the number of duodenal eosinophils and the intensity and type of dyspeptic symptoms was determined by validated questionnaire (PADYQ). Duodenal eosinophils counts were also evaluated by demographic variables and endoscopic findings. Results: 88% of the subjects were female and the mean age was 41.7 years. Baseline characteristics were similar between H. pylori positive and H. pylori negative subjects. Only one patient, in the H. pylori positive group, had duodenal eosinophilia. The median duodenal eosinophils/HPF were 4.6 [Percentiles 25-75(P25-75): 2.8-7.2] in H. pylori negative and 4.7 [P25-75: 3.4-8.4] in H. pylori positive subjects (p= 0.403). The duodenal eosinophil count was greater in subjects with higher symptoms severity: patients with PADYQ score more than 22 (>50% of the maximum score) had median duodenal eosinophil/HPF of 5.4 [P25-75: 3,4–7,6] and subjects with PADYQ score ≤22 of 3.4 [P25-75: 2.2–6.0] (p= 0.018). The patients were divided into terciles, according to symptoms severity: group 1 with 31 subjects (mild symptoms); group 2 with 30 subjects (moderate symptoms); and group 3 with 31 subjects (severe symptoms). 10 The median duodenal eosinophils/HPF was 3.4 [P25-75: 2.2-6.0] in group 1; 4.7 [P25-75: 3.2-6.4] in group 2; and 5.8 [P25-75: 3.6-8.2] in group 3 (p=0.033). There was a higher duodenal eosinophils count in smokers (current or former) (p=0.030), and subjects with BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (p=0.035). In the multivariate analysis by linear regression, the duodenal eosinophil count were influenced by smoking (p = 0.026) and dyspeptic symptoms severity (p= 0.039). Conclusion: This study did not show an association between H. pylori infection and the number of duodenal eosinophils, in this population of functional dyspeptic patients. However, a directly proportional and statistically significant relationship between the number of duodenal eosinophils and the intensity of dyspeptic symptoms has been demonstrated.

Introdução: Define-se dispepsia funcional (DF) por dor ou desconforto centrado no abdômen superior, na ausência de lesões estruturais que expliquem os sintomas. Apesar de muito prevalente, a DF permanece sendo uma entidade de difícil estudo, pela falta de ferramentas adequadas para mensuração de desfechos significativos. Isto acontece porque a DF não possui um substrato anatômico ou fisiopatológico mensurável, e, portanto, torna-se obrigatória a valorização de aspectos subjetivos para se quantificar benefícios de intervenções terapêuticas. Objetivo: Validar o Questionário Diagnóstico de Roma III para Dispepsia Funcional na língua portuguesa. Métodos: O questionário foi traduzido seguindo as recomendações do Grupo de Roma. O grupo de casos foi formado por 109 pacientes consecutivos com DF, que responderam o questionário em 4 momentos diferentes. Já o grupo de controles, foi composto por 100 doadores de sangue consecutivos, sem relato de sintomas digestivos. As seguintes propriedades clinimétricas foram avaliadas: consistência interna (através do alfa de Cronbach), reprodutibilidade, responsividade (através do X² de McNemar), validade discriminante (através do X² de Pearson), validade de conteúdo. Resultados: O Coeficiente alfa de Cronbach foi de 0,92. O questionário mostrou-se reprodutível, indicando que os pacientes responderam de maneira parecida nos dois momentos em que o questionário foi aplicado, a discordância entre as respostas não foi significativa (p=1,00). O questionário foi capaz de identificar alterações quando elas ocorreram, de maneira significativa (p<0,01). Os dois gastroenterologistas “cegos” concordaram que o questionário avalia DF. Quando comparamos as respostas dos casos com os controles (pareados por sexo e idade) o questionário indicou que 5,3% dos controles tinha DF, contra 91,2% dos pacientes, uma diferença significativa (p<0,01). Conclusão: O Questionário Diagnóstico de Roma III para Dispepsia Funcional está pronto para ser utilizado em estudos na língua portuguesa, tendo sido validado com sucesso. / Background: Validated questionnaires are essential tools to be utilized in epidemiological research. At the moment there are no Rome III diagnostic questionnaires translated to Portuguese. Aim: To validate the Portuguese version of the Rome III Diagnostic Questionnaire for Functional Dyspepsia (FD). Methods: The questionnaire has been translated following the Rome III recommendations. A hundred and nine consecutive patients with FD answered the questionnaire. The control group comprised 100 healthy consecutive blood donors, without digestive symptoms. Internal consistency, reproducibility, responsiveness, discriminant validity and content analysis were evaluated. Results: Cronbach‟s α coefficient was 0.92. The questionnaire showed reliability: the patients answered it in a similar way on two distinct occasions and their responses were substantially very similar (p=1.00). The questionnaire was able to demonstrate changes when they occur (p<0,01). Two “blinded” gastroenterologists agreed that the questionnaire adequately evaluated FD. When we compared the answers between patients and controls, the questionnaire showed that 5,3% of controls had FD symptoms compared with 91,2% of the patients (p<0,01). Conclusion: The Rome III Diagnostic Questionnaire for FD is ready to be used in clinical researches in Portuguese, as it has been successfully validated in Portuguese.

This thesis presents studies relating to effects of different macronutrients, predominantly fat and carbohydrate, on gastrointestinal motility, hormone release/suppression, appetite and energy intake in healthy subjects, and on symptom generation in patients with functional dyspepsia. The three broad areas that have been investigated in these studies are: (i) the effect of load, and duration, of small intestinal nutrient exposure on gastric motility, gastrointestinal hormone release/suppression, appetite and energy intake in healthy subjects, (ii) the dietary factors that may contribute to symptom generation in patients with functional dyspepsia, through analysis of diet diaries and acute nutrient challenges, and (iii) the effects of the herbal medication, Iberogast®, on gastric motility in healthy subjects. The ingestion of nutrients, triggers a number of gastrointestinal responses, including the modulation of antropyloroduodenal motility, gastrointestinal hormone release/suppression, and the suppression of appetite and energy intake, resulting in a slowing of gastric emptying to an average rate of 1 - 3 kcal/min, which is required for efficient nutrient digestion and absorption. Additionally, the rate at which glucose enters the small intestine influences postprandial glycaemia and incretin responses. These responses have been demonstrated in animals to be dependent on the length, and region, of the small intestine exposed to fat and glucose, however, this has not been directly investigated in humans. Functional dyspepsia is a clinical condition, characterised by chronic upper abdominal symptoms, such as nausea, bloating and early fullness, without a known cause, which affects approximately 11 - 29 % of the population. Many studies have reported that disturbed gastric motor activity may be the cause of these symptoms, but patients frequently experience symptoms following ingestion of food, and some patients report to eat smaller meals more frequently and avoid fatty and spicy foods. In addition, laboratory-based studies have indicated that functional dyspepsia patients may be hypersensitive to fat, but not carbohydrate. To date, the treatments used to reduce symptoms are frequently directed at the normalisation of gastroduodenal motility, using prokinetics. However, the beneficial effect of these drugs is relatively small and variable, and their adverse effects can be substantial. Herbal drug preparations have recently received considerable interest as an alternative treatment option in functional dyspepsia. A commercially available herbal preparation, Iberogast® which contains nine plant extracts, has been reported to improve upper abdominal symptoms in functional dyspepsia and to decrease fundic tone, increase antral contractility and decrease afferent nerve sensitivity in experimental animals. The effects of Iberogast® in the human gastrointestinal tract have not been investigated. The first three studies presented in this thesis have focused on the effects of delivering fat and glucose into the small intestine at different loads (Chapter 5, 6 and 7), lower, comparable to, and higher than gastric emptying normally occurs, and at different durations of infusion (but still at similar caloric loads - Chapter 5, fat only), on gastrointestinal motility, plasma hormone release/suppression, glycaemia, and energy intake in healthy male subjects. The study in Chapter 5 demonstrated that antral pressure waves and pressure wave sequences were suppressed, and basal pyloric pressure, isolated pyloric pressure waves, and plasma cholecystokinin and peptide YY stimulated, during both the low (1.33 kcal/min for 50 min: 67 kcal/min), and high (4 kcal/min for 50 min: 200 kcal), loads of lipid. The effect of the 4 kcal/min load was sustained so that the suppression of antral pressure waves and pressure wave sequences and increase in peptide YY remained evident after cessation of the infusion. The prolonged lipid infusion (1.33 kcal/min for 150 min: 200 kcal) suppressed antral pressure waves, stimulated cholecystokinin and peptide YY and basal pyloric pressure and tended to stimulate isolated pyloric pressure waves when compared with saline throughout the entire infusion period. These results indicate that both the load, and duration, of small intestinal lipid have an influence on antropyloroduodenal motility and patterns of cholecystokinin and peptide YY release. Chapter 6 demonstrated that lipid loads lower than gastric emptying normally occurs (0.25 kcal/min for 50 min: 12.5 kcal) transiently stimulated isolated pyloric pressure waves and cholecystokinin release and suppressed pressure wave sequences and hunger scores. Loads comparable to (1.5 kcal/min for 50 min: 75 kcal) and higher (4 kcal/min for 50 min: 200 kcal), than the normal rate of gastric emptying, were required to stimulate basal pyloric tone and peptide YY release and suppress antral and duodenal pressure waves. Only the 4 kcal/min load suppressed energy intake. The effects of lipid on all parameters, with the exception of hunger, were load-dependent. In addition, there were relationships between antropyloroduodenal motility and cholecystokinin and peptide YY concentrations with energy/food intake. The study in Chapter 7 demonstrated that loads of glucose lower than (1 kcal/min for 120 min: 120 kcal), comparable to (2 kcal/min for 120 min: 240 kcal) and higher than (4 kcal/min for 120 min: 480 kcal) the rate gastric emptying normally occurs, stimulated blood glucose, plasma insulin, glucagon-like peptide-1, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and cholecystokinin concentrations and suppressed the number of antral pressure waves, 2 and 4 kcal/min loads were required for the suppression of duodenal pressure waves and pressure wave sequences and the stimulation of basal pyloric pressure and suppression of energy intake only after the 4 kcal/min loads. There were also relationships between glucagon-like peptide-1 and glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide with basal pyloric tone, and food/energy intake with pyloric pressures. The studies presented in the subsequent three chapters investigated the contribution of dietary factors on the generation of symptoms in patients with functional dyspepsia when compared with healthy subjects (Chapter 8 and 9) and the effect of Iberogast® on motility in the healthy gastrointestinal tract (Chapter 10). The effects of equi-caloric high-carbohydrate vs. high-fat yoghurt preloads on symptom generation, plasma hormone concentrations, antral area and energy intake were compared between functional dyspepsia patients and healthy subjects (Chapter 8). Nausea and pain were greater in patients after the high-fat, when compared with high-carbohydrate and control, preloads and with healthy subjects. Discomfort was greater after all preloads in patients when compared with healthy subjects. Fasting cholecystokinin and stimulation of cholecystokinin by the high-fat preload were greater in patients, while fasting and postprandial peptide YY were lower in patients than in healthy subjects, with no differences in fasting, or postprandial, plasma ghrelin between patients and healthy subjects. Fasting antral area was greater in patients, with no differences postprandially between patients and healthy subjects. There were no differences in energy intake between the two groups. The relationship between the effect of dietary intake and eating behaviour over a 7-day period on the occurrence and severity of abdominal symptoms was compared between patients and healthy subjects (Chapter 9). The symptoms experienced by the patients included nausea, fullness discomfort, bloating and upper abdominal, and epigastric, pain, of a modest severity, which occurred within 30 min of eating. The number of “meals” ingested was significantly less in functional dyspepsia patients and there was a trend for total energy and fat intake to be less. The occurrence of these symptoms was also statistically related to the ingestion of fat and energy intake. The results of these studies indicate that diet, particularly the ingestion of fat, influences the development of symptoms in a subgroup of patients with functional dyspepsia. The study in Chapter 10 evaluated the effect of the herbal drug Iberogast® on gastric motility in the gastrointestinal tract. Iberogast® increased proximal gastric volume, increased antral pressure waves without affecting pyloric or duodenal pressures, and slightly increased the retention of liquid in the total stomach, but had no effect on gastric emptying of solids or intragastric distribution. These results demonstrate that Iberogast® affects gastric motility in humans, and the stimulation of gastric relaxation and antral motility may contribute to the reported therapeutic efficacy of Iberogast® in functional dyspepsia. The studies reported in this thesis provide new information about the regulation of gastric motility, hormone release/suppression, appetite and energy intake, by varying the loads of lipid and glucose infused into the small intestine in healthy subjects, which may have implications in patients with altered gastric motor functions, such as obese, type-2 diabetes and functional dyspepsia patients. In addition, studies in functional dyspepsia patients revealed that diet, in particular the ingestion of fat, contribute to the cause of their symptoms, and these findings may have important implications for the development of diet-based therapies for the treatment of functional dyspepsia. Furthermore, functional dyspepsia patients with impaired gastric relaxation and antral dysmotility may benefit from the effects of Iberogast® as demonstrated in the healthy gastrointestinal tract. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1331606 / Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Adelaide, School of Medicine, 2008

Bakgrund: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) och Funktionell Dyspepsi (FD) är två syndrom som många personer lider av och som det inte finns någon botande behandling för. Då syndromen bara går att symptomlindra tar många av personerna som lider av dessa till egenvårdsmetoder som ofta är kostrelaterade. Att stötta och vägleda patienter i sin egenvård är en uppgift som sjuksköterskor i allmänhet har, och i synnerhet för dessa patienter eftersom ingen botande behandling finns. Syfte: Syftet med föreliggande litteraturstudie var att beskriva kostrelaterade egenvårdsmetoder för patienter med Irritable Bowel Syndrome och/eller Funktionell Dyspepsi där upplevda och/eller observerade effekter beskrivits. Syftet var även att beskriva de valda studiernas datainsamlingsmetoder. Metod: En litteraturstudie med beskrivande design. Datainsamlingen har skett från databaserna PubMed och CINAHL. Huvudresultat: Tretton studier har inkluderats. Utifrån dessa har det framkommit att patienter som lider av IBS och/eller FD kan ta till en mängd olika kostrelaterade egenvårdsmetoder. Effekter av dessa har visat sig förebygga och/eller lindra fysiska symptom från mag-tarmkanalen samt i och med detta ge förbättrad livskvalitet. De datainsamlingsmetoder som beskrivits har visat sig variera mellan frågeformulär och skattningsskalor, dagböcker, kroppsliga markörer samt gruppintervjuer. Slutsats: Patienter med IBS och/eller FD kan använda sig av ett flertal olika kostrelaterade egenvårdsmetoder i syfte att förebygga och/eller lindra sina symptom från mag-tarmkanalen. En mängd olika datainsamlingsmetoder kan användas för att identifiera olika kostrelaterade egenvårdsmetoder och dess påverkan på symptom från IBS och/eller FD. / Background: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Functional Dyspepsia (FD) are two syndromes that many people suffers from and that has no curing treatment. Since the syndromes only has a symptomatic treatment many people that suffers from it uses self-care methodes that often includes diet. Support and guidance in patiens self-care are a main task for nurses in general and especially for these patients since no curing treatment is available. Aim: The aim of the present study was to describe dietary self-care practices for patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and/or Functional Dyspepsia where the perceived and/or observed effects was described. The aim was also to describe the selected studies data collection methods. Method: A literature review with descriptive design. Data has been collected from the databases PubMed and CINAHL. Main Results: Thirteen studies were included. From these, it has been found that patients suffering from IBS and/or FD may use a variety of dietary self-care methods. Effects of these have been shown to prevent and/or alleviate physical symptoms from the gastrointestinal tract and therefore provide better quality of life. The data collection methods described have been found to vary between questionnaires and rating scales, diaries, physical markers and group interviews. Conclusion: Patients with IBS and/or FD can make use of many diet related self-care methods to prevent and/or relieve their symptoms from the gastrointestinal tract. Many different data collection methods can be used to identify diet related self-care practices and its effect on the symptoms of IBS and/or FD.

Darbo tikslas - įvertinti sergančiųjų funkcine dispepsija skrandžio gleivinės morfologinius pakitimus bei jų pokyčius gydant skirtingomis augalinės kilmės antioksidanto astaksantino dozėmis. Tikslui pasiekti buvo nustatyti ir išspręsti šie uždaviniai: įvertinti infekuotumą Helicobacter pylori mikroorganizmais bei skrandžio gleivinės histomorfologinius pakitimus pagal Sidnėjaus ir OLGA klasifikacijas sergantiesiems funkcine dispepsija; ištirti funkcine dispepsija sergančių ligonių uždegimo žymenų IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IFN-γ bei lastelių žymenų CD4, CD8, CD14, CD19, CD25, CD30 raišką skrandžio gleivinėje; palyginti funkcine dispepsija sergančių ligonių, gydytų augalinės kilmės antioksidanto astaksantino skirtingomis dozėmis ir placebu, skrandžio gleivinės morfologinius pokyčius; palyginti funkcine dispepsija sergančių ligonių, gydytų augalinės kilmės antioksidantu astaksantinu ir placebu, uždegimo žymenų IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IFN-γ bei lastelių žymenų CD4, CD8, CD14, CD19, CD25, CD30 raišką skrandžio gleivinėje. / The aim of the study was to evaluate histomorphological changes of the gastric mucosa in functional dyspepsia patients and their dynamics after treatment with the natural antioxidant astaxanthin. The following objectives were established and reached: to determine the presence of Helicobacter pylori infection and evaluate the histomorphological changes of gastric mucosa in functional dyspepsia patients; to evaluate interleukins IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10 and interferon-γ as well as the cell markers CD4, CD8, CD14, CD19, CD25 and CD30 in functional dyspepsia patients; to evaluate histomorphological changes of the gastric mucosa in functional dyspepsia patients after treatment with the natural antioxidant astaxanthin; to evaluate interleukins IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10 and interferon-γ as well as the cell markers CD4, CD8, CD14, CD19, CD25 and CD30 in functional dyspepsia patients and their dynamics after treatment with the natural antioxidant astaxanthin.

Introdução: Define-se dispepsia funcional (DF) por dor ou desconforto centrado no abdômen superior, na ausência de lesões estruturais que expliquem os sintomas. Apesar de muito prevalente, a DF permanece sendo uma entidade de difícil estudo, pela falta de ferramentas adequadas para mensuração de desfechos significativos. Isto acontece porque a DF não possui um substrato anatômico ou fisiopatológico mensurável, e, portanto, torna-se obrigatória a valorização de aspectos subjetivos para se quantificar benefícios de intervenções terapêuticas. Objetivo: Validar o Questionário Diagnóstico de Roma III para Dispepsia Funcional na língua portuguesa. Métodos: O questionário foi traduzido seguindo as recomendações do Grupo de Roma. O grupo de casos foi formado por 109 pacientes consecutivos com DF, que responderam o questionário em 4 momentos diferentes. Já o grupo de controles, foi composto por 100 doadores de sangue consecutivos, sem relato de sintomas digestivos. As seguintes propriedades clinimétricas foram avaliadas: consistência interna (através do alfa de Cronbach), reprodutibilidade, responsividade (através do X² de McNemar), validade discriminante (através do X² de Pearson), validade de conteúdo. Resultados: O Coeficiente alfa de Cronbach foi de 0,92. O questionário mostrou-se reprodutível, indicando que os pacientes responderam de maneira parecida nos dois momentos em que o questionário foi aplicado, a discordância entre as respostas não foi significativa (p=1,00). O questionário foi capaz de identificar alterações quando elas ocorreram, de maneira significativa (p<0,01). Os dois gastroenterologistas “cegos” concordaram que o questionário avalia DF. Quando comparamos as respostas dos casos com os controles (pareados por sexo e idade) o questionário indicou que 5,3% dos controles tinha DF, contra 91,2% dos pacientes, uma diferença significativa (p<0,01). Conclusão: O Questionário Diagnóstico de Roma III para Dispepsia Funcional está pronto para ser utilizado em estudos na língua portuguesa, tendo sido validado com sucesso. / Background: Validated questionnaires are essential tools to be utilized in epidemiological research. At the moment there are no Rome III diagnostic questionnaires translated to Portuguese. Aim: To validate the Portuguese version of the Rome III Diagnostic Questionnaire for Functional Dyspepsia (FD). Methods: The questionnaire has been translated following the Rome III recommendations. A hundred and nine consecutive patients with FD answered the questionnaire. The control group comprised 100 healthy consecutive blood donors, without digestive symptoms. Internal consistency, reproducibility, responsiveness, discriminant validity and content analysis were evaluated. Results: Cronbach‟s α coefficient was 0.92. The questionnaire showed reliability: the patients answered it in a similar way on two distinct occasions and their responses were substantially very similar (p=1.00). The questionnaire was able to demonstrate changes when they occur (p<0,01). Two “blinded” gastroenterologists agreed that the questionnaire adequately evaluated FD. When we compared the answers between patients and controls, the questionnaire showed that 5,3% of controls had FD symptoms compared with 91,2% of the patients (p<0,01). Conclusion: The Rome III Diagnostic Questionnaire for FD is ready to be used in clinical researches in Portuguese, as it has been successfully validated in Portuguese.

Introdução: A metaplasia intestinal (MI) do estômago é uma lesão onde ocorre a metaplasia das células epiteliais gástricas para um fenótipo intestinal. A MI gástrica é considerada uma lesão preneoplásica associada a um aumento do risco de desenvolvimento de carcinoma gástrico. Estudos epidemiológicos indicam uma relação entre hábitos alimentares e o risco de desenvolvimento de câncer de estômago: tanto podendo ter um efeito carcinogênico gástrico, como um fator protetor, sugerindo que os antioxidantes como as vitaminas A, C e E, diminuem o risco desse tipo de câncer Material e métodos: Trata-se de um estudo caso-controle, observacional, para o qual foram avaliados 320 pacientes portadores de dispepsia funcional, que separados em dois grupos, um grupo de casos I (indivíduos com metaplasia intestinal) tiveram seus hábitos alimentares comparado aos do grupo de casos controle (sem metaplasia intestinal), através de um questionário de frequência de consumo alimentar (QFCA). Resultados: Ao analisarmos o padrão alimentar dos pacientes dispépticos funcionais portadores de metaplasia intestinal e compará-lo com o padrão daqueles que não possuem MI constatou-se que os pacientes portadores de MI consomem mais alimentos como os enlatados e defumados, enquanto que os pacientes sem metaplasia intestinal apresentam um consumo expressivamente maior de frutas em geral e vegetais. Diferença no padrão de consumo de sal não foi identificada. Conclusões: Através dos resultados obtidos no presente estudo podemos supor que a modificação da dieta, por meio de uma diminuição na ingestão de alimentos como defumados e enlatados e um acréscimo na ingestão de frutas e vegetais, pode levar a uma diminuição de casos de metaplasia intestinal. / Introduction: Intestinal metaplasia (IM) of the stomach is a lesion in which metaplasia of gastric epithelial cells occurs for an intestinal phenotype. Gastric IM is considered a preneoplastic lesion associated with an increase in the risk of gastric carcinoma development. Epidemiologic studies indicate a relation between dietary habits and stomach cancer development, some habits increasing the risk for it, and others have a protective effect, suggesting that antioxidants, such as vitamins A, C, and E, decrease the risk of this type of cancer. Materials and methods: It is a case-control, observational study in which 320 patients with functional dyspepsia, divided in two groups, were assessed. The case I group (individuals with intestinal metaplasia) had their dietary pattern compared to that of the control group, constituted of individuals similar to those in the case group but without intestinal metaplasia, through a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). Results: The analysis of the dietary pattern of functional dyspeptic patients with intestinal metaplasia, and its comparison with those without IM, showed a higher frequency of canned and smoked foods consumption in the first group, and, on the other hand, a higher consumption of fruits and vegetables in patients without IM. No effect of salt consumption was detected. Conclusions: The results obtained in this study suggest changes in the diet, with a decrease in the consumption of smoked and canned foods, and an increase in the consumption of fruits and vegetables, can lead to a diminution of intestinal metaplasia cases.

Introdução e objetivos: Eosinofilia duodenal está associada com parasitoses intestinais e com alergias alimentares, e tem sido sugerida como possível fator etiológico da dispepsia funcional, pela capacidade de causar alterações na motilidade e na sensibilidade do aparelho digestivo. Sua relação com o Helicobacter pylori é pouco conhecida, tendo sido avaliada apenas como achado secundário em alguns estudos, com resultados controversos. Esse estudo tem como objetivos avaliar o papel da infecção gástrica pelo H. pylori no número de eosinófilos duodenais e avaliar a relação dos eosinófilos duodenais com os sintomas da dispepsia funcional. Métodos: foram avaliados 100 pacientes dispépticos funcionais, de acordo com os critérios de Roma III, dos quais 50 foram H. pylori positivos e 50 negativos. Os pacientes foram submetidos à endoscopia digestiva alta com biópsias gástricas e duodenais. A positividade do H. pylori foi avaliada pelo teste de urease e pelo exame histológico (Hematoxilina-eosina e Giemsa). As biópsias duodenais foram avaliadas com hematoxilina-eosina e a número de eosinófilos duodenais foi quantificada pela média de eosinófilos por 5 campos de grande aumento (CGA) aleatórios e não sobrepostos. Eosinofilia duodenal foi definida pela presença de >22 eosinófilos/CGA. As medianas das médias aritméticas dos eosinófilos duodenais por cinco CGA foram comparadas entre os pacientes H. pylori positivos e negativos. Também foi avaliada a relação do número de eosinófilos duodenais com a intensidade e tipo de sintomas dispépticos, determinados por questionário validado (PADYQ). Os eosinófilos duodenais foram avaliados para variáveis demográficas e endoscópicas. Resultados: Pacientes do sexo feminino representaram 88% da amostra e a idade média foi de 41,7 anos As características basais dos pacientes H. pylori positivos e H. pylori negativos foram semelhantes. Apenas um paciente, no grupo H. pylori positivo, apresentou eosinofilia duodenal. As medianas dos eosinófilos duodenais/CGA foram 4,6 [P25-75: 2,8-7,2] nos pacientes H. pylori negativos e 4,7 [P25-75: 3,4-8,4] nos H. pylori positivos (p= 0,403). O número de eosinófilos 8 duodenais foi significativamente maior em pacientes com sintomas mais intensos: pacientes com escore do PADYQ >22 (>50% da pontuação máxima) apresentaram mediana de eosinófilos duodenais/CGA de 5,4 [P25-75: 3,4–7,6] e pacientes com escore ≤22 de 3,4 [P25-75: 2,2–6,0] (p= 0,018). Os pacientes foram divididos em tercis, de acordo com a intensidade dos sintomas: grupo 1 com 31 pacientes (sintomas leves); grupo 2 com 30 pacientes (sintomas moderados); e grupo 3 com 31 pacientes (sintomas acentuados). A mediana dos eosinófilos duodenais/CGA no grupo 1 foi de 3,4 [P25-75: 2,2 -6,0]; no grupo 2 de 4,7 [P25-75: 3,2-6,4]; e o grupo 3 de 5,8 [P25-75: 3,6-8,2] (P=0,033). Houve diferença estatisticamente significativa no número de eosinófilos duodenais entre fumantes e não fumantes (p= 0,030) e entre pacientes com índice de massa corporal (IMC) <25 kg/m2 e IMC ≥ 25 kg/m2 (p= 0,035). Na análise multivariada por regressão linear, os fatores que tiveram influência sobre o número de eosinófilos duodenais foram o tabagismo (p= 0,026) e a intensidade dos sintomas dispépticos (p= 0,039). Conclusões: Esse estudo não mostrou associação entre a infecção pelo H. pylori e a contagem de eosinófilos duodenais, nessa população de pacientes dispépticos funcionais. Entretanto, foi demonstrada uma relação diretamente proporcional e estatisticamente significativa entre o número de eosinófilos duodenais e a intensidade dos sintomas dispépticos. / Background and Aims: Duodenal eosinophilia is associated with intestinal parasitosis and food allergies. It has also been implicated as a potential factor on the etiology of functional dyspepsia, probably by causing changes in digestive tract motility and sensitivity. The association with Helicobacter pylori is poorly understood, and has been only evaluated as a secondary finding in 9 previous studies, with conflicting results. This study aims to evaluate the potential role of gastric H. pylori infection in the duodenal eosinophil count, and the influence of duodenal eosinophils on symptoms in functional dyspeptic subjects. Methods: One hundred functional dyspeptic subjects, according to Rome III criteria, were evaluated, and 50 were H. pylori positive and 50 H. pylori negative. Patients were submitted to upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with gastric and duodenal biopsies. H. pylori positivity was evaluated by urease test and gastric histology (Hematoxylin-eosin and Giemsa). Duodenal biopsies were evaluated with Hematoxylin-Eosin staining, and the duodenal eosinophil count was determined by the mean of eosinophil by 5 random nonoverlapping high power fields (HPF). Duodenal eosinophilia was defined as >22 eosinophils/HPF. The median of the arithmetic means of the duodenal eosinophils counts per high power field were compared between H. pylori positive and H. pylori negative subjects. The relationship between the number of duodenal eosinophils and the intensity and type of dyspeptic symptoms was determined by validated questionnaire (PADYQ). Duodenal eosinophils counts were also evaluated by demographic variables and endoscopic findings. Results: 88% of the subjects were female and the mean age was 41.7 years. Baseline characteristics were similar between H. pylori positive and H. pylori negative subjects. Only one patient, in the H. pylori positive group, had duodenal eosinophilia. The median duodenal eosinophils/HPF were 4.6 [Percentiles 25-75(P25-75): 2.8-7.2] in H. pylori negative and 4.7 [P25-75: 3.4-8.4] in H. pylori positive subjects (p= 0.403). The duodenal eosinophil count was greater in subjects with higher symptoms severity: patients with PADYQ score more than 22 (>50% of the maximum score) had median duodenal eosinophil/HPF of 5.4 [P25-75: 3,4–7,6] and subjects with PADYQ score ≤22 of 3.4 [P25-75: 2.2–6.0] (p= 0.018). The patients were divided into terciles, according to symptoms severity: group 1 with 31 subjects (mild symptoms); group 2 with 30 subjects (moderate symptoms); and group 3 with 31 subjects (severe symptoms). 10 The median duodenal eosinophils/HPF was 3.4 [P25-75: 2.2-6.0] in group 1; 4.7 [P25-75: 3.2-6.4] in group 2; and 5.8 [P25-75: 3.6-8.2] in group 3 (p=0.033). There was a higher duodenal eosinophils count in smokers (current or former) (p=0.030), and subjects with BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (p=0.035). In the multivariate analysis by linear regression, the duodenal eosinophil count were influenced by smoking (p = 0.026) and dyspeptic symptoms severity (p= 0.039). Conclusion: This study did not show an association between H. pylori infection and the number of duodenal eosinophils, in this population of functional dyspeptic patients. However, a directly proportional and statistically significant relationship between the number of duodenal eosinophils and the intensity of dyspeptic symptoms has been demonstrated.

Introdução: Define-se dispepsia funcional (DF) por dor ou desconforto centrado no abdômen superior, na ausência de lesões estruturais que expliquem os sintomas. Apesar de muito prevalente, a DF permanece sendo uma entidade de difícil estudo, pela falta de ferramentas adequadas para mensuração de desfechos significativos. Isto acontece porque a DF não possui um substrato anatômico ou fisiopatológico mensurável, e, portanto, torna-se obrigatória a valorização de aspectos subjetivos para se quantificar benefícios de intervenções terapêuticas. Objetivo: Validar o Questionário Diagnóstico de Roma III para Dispepsia Funcional na língua portuguesa. Métodos: O questionário foi traduzido seguindo as recomendações do Grupo de Roma. O grupo de casos foi formado por 109 pacientes consecutivos com DF, que responderam o questionário em 4 momentos diferentes. Já o grupo de controles, foi composto por 100 doadores de sangue consecutivos, sem relato de sintomas digestivos. As seguintes propriedades clinimétricas foram avaliadas: consistência interna (através do alfa de Cronbach), reprodutibilidade, responsividade (através do X² de McNemar), validade discriminante (através do X² de Pearson), validade de conteúdo. Resultados: O Coeficiente alfa de Cronbach foi de 0,92. O questionário mostrou-se reprodutível, indicando que os pacientes responderam de maneira parecida nos dois momentos em que o questionário foi aplicado, a discordância entre as respostas não foi significativa (p=1,00). O questionário foi capaz de identificar alterações quando elas ocorreram, de maneira significativa (p<0,01). Os dois gastroenterologistas “cegos” concordaram que o questionário avalia DF. Quando comparamos as respostas dos casos com os controles (pareados por sexo e idade) o questionário indicou que 5,3% dos controles tinha DF, contra 91,2% dos pacientes, uma diferença significativa (p<0,01). Conclusão: O Questionário Diagnóstico de Roma III para Dispepsia Funcional está pronto para ser utilizado em estudos na língua portuguesa, tendo sido validado com sucesso. / Background: Validated questionnaires are essential tools to be utilized in epidemiological research. At the moment there are no Rome III diagnostic questionnaires translated to Portuguese. Aim: To validate the Portuguese version of the Rome III Diagnostic Questionnaire for Functional Dyspepsia (FD). Methods: The questionnaire has been translated following the Rome III recommendations. A hundred and nine consecutive patients with FD answered the questionnaire. The control group comprised 100 healthy consecutive blood donors, without digestive symptoms. Internal consistency, reproducibility, responsiveness, discriminant validity and content analysis were evaluated. Results: Cronbach‟s α coefficient was 0.92. The questionnaire showed reliability: the patients answered it in a similar way on two distinct occasions and their responses were substantially very similar (p=1.00). The questionnaire was able to demonstrate changes when they occur (p<0,01). Two “blinded” gastroenterologists agreed that the questionnaire adequately evaluated FD. When we compared the answers between patients and controls, the questionnaire showed that 5,3% of controls had FD symptoms compared with 91,2% of the patients (p<0,01). Conclusion: The Rome III Diagnostic Questionnaire for FD is ready to be used in clinical researches in Portuguese, as it has been successfully validated in Portuguese.

Introdução e objetivos: Eosinofilia duodenal está associada com parasitoses intestinais e com alergias alimentares, e tem sido sugerida como possível fator etiológico da dispepsia funcional, pela capacidade de causar alterações na motilidade e na sensibilidade do aparelho digestivo. Sua relação com o Helicobacter pylori é pouco conhecida, tendo sido avaliada apenas como achado secundário em alguns estudos, com resultados controversos. Esse estudo tem como objetivos avaliar o papel da infecção gástrica pelo H. pylori no número de eosinófilos duodenais e avaliar a relação dos eosinófilos duodenais com os sintomas da dispepsia funcional. Métodos: foram avaliados 100 pacientes dispépticos funcionais, de acordo com os critérios de Roma III, dos quais 50 foram H. pylori positivos e 50 negativos. Os pacientes foram submetidos à endoscopia digestiva alta com biópsias gástricas e duodenais. A positividade do H. pylori foi avaliada pelo teste de urease e pelo exame histológico (Hematoxilina-eosina e Giemsa). As biópsias duodenais foram avaliadas com hematoxilina-eosina e a número de eosinófilos duodenais foi quantificada pela média de eosinófilos por 5 campos de grande aumento (CGA) aleatórios e não sobrepostos. Eosinofilia duodenal foi definida pela presença de >22 eosinófilos/CGA. As medianas das médias aritméticas dos eosinófilos duodenais por cinco CGA foram comparadas entre os pacientes H. pylori positivos e negativos. Também foi avaliada a relação do número de eosinófilos duodenais com a intensidade e tipo de sintomas dispépticos, determinados por questionário validado (PADYQ). Os eosinófilos duodenais foram avaliados para variáveis demográficas e endoscópicas. Resultados: Pacientes do sexo feminino representaram 88% da amostra e a idade média foi de 41,7 anos As características basais dos pacientes H. pylori positivos e H. pylori negativos foram semelhantes. Apenas um paciente, no grupo H. pylori positivo, apresentou eosinofilia duodenal. As medianas dos eosinófilos duodenais/CGA foram 4,6 [P25-75: 2,8-7,2] nos pacientes H. pylori negativos e 4,7 [P25-75: 3,4-8,4] nos H. pylori positivos (p= 0,403). O número de eosinófilos 8 duodenais foi significativamente maior em pacientes com sintomas mais intensos: pacientes com escore do PADYQ >22 (>50% da pontuação máxima) apresentaram mediana de eosinófilos duodenais/CGA de 5,4 [P25-75: 3,4–7,6] e pacientes com escore ≤22 de 3,4 [P25-75: 2,2–6,0] (p= 0,018). Os pacientes foram divididos em tercis, de acordo com a intensidade dos sintomas: grupo 1 com 31 pacientes (sintomas leves); grupo 2 com 30 pacientes (sintomas moderados); e grupo 3 com 31 pacientes (sintomas acentuados). A mediana dos eosinófilos duodenais/CGA no grupo 1 foi de 3,4 [P25-75: 2,2 -6,0]; no grupo 2 de 4,7 [P25-75: 3,2-6,4]; e o grupo 3 de 5,8 [P25-75: 3,6-8,2] (P=0,033). Houve diferença estatisticamente significativa no número de eosinófilos duodenais entre fumantes e não fumantes (p= 0,030) e entre pacientes com índice de massa corporal (IMC) <25 kg/m2 e IMC ≥ 25 kg/m2 (p= 0,035). Na análise multivariada por regressão linear, os fatores que tiveram influência sobre o número de eosinófilos duodenais foram o tabagismo (p= 0,026) e a intensidade dos sintomas dispépticos (p= 0,039). Conclusões: Esse estudo não mostrou associação entre a infecção pelo H. pylori e a contagem de eosinófilos duodenais, nessa população de pacientes dispépticos funcionais. Entretanto, foi demonstrada uma relação diretamente proporcional e estatisticamente significativa entre o número de eosinófilos duodenais e a intensidade dos sintomas dispépticos. / Background and Aims: Duodenal eosinophilia is associated with intestinal parasitosis and food allergies. It has also been implicated as a potential factor on the etiology of functional dyspepsia, probably by causing changes in digestive tract motility and sensitivity. The association with Helicobacter pylori is poorly understood, and has been only evaluated as a secondary finding in 9 previous studies, with conflicting results. This study aims to evaluate the potential role of gastric H. pylori infection in the duodenal eosinophil count, and the influence of duodenal eosinophils on symptoms in functional dyspeptic subjects. Methods: One hundred functional dyspeptic subjects, according to Rome III criteria, were evaluated, and 50 were H. pylori positive and 50 H. pylori negative. Patients were submitted to upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with gastric and duodenal biopsies. H. pylori positivity was evaluated by urease test and gastric histology (Hematoxylin-eosin and Giemsa). Duodenal biopsies were evaluated with Hematoxylin-Eosin staining, and the duodenal eosinophil count was determined by the mean of eosinophil by 5 random nonoverlapping high power fields (HPF). Duodenal eosinophilia was defined as >22 eosinophils/HPF. The median of the arithmetic means of the duodenal eosinophils counts per high power field were compared between H. pylori positive and H. pylori negative subjects. The relationship between the number of duodenal eosinophils and the intensity and type of dyspeptic symptoms was determined by validated questionnaire (PADYQ). Duodenal eosinophils counts were also evaluated by demographic variables and endoscopic findings. Results: 88% of the subjects were female and the mean age was 41.7 years. Baseline characteristics were similar between H. pylori positive and H. pylori negative subjects. Only one patient, in the H. pylori positive group, had duodenal eosinophilia. The median duodenal eosinophils/HPF were 4.6 [Percentiles 25-75(P25-75): 2.8-7.2] in H. pylori negative and 4.7 [P25-75: 3.4-8.4] in H. pylori positive subjects (p= 0.403). The duodenal eosinophil count was greater in subjects with higher symptoms severity: patients with PADYQ score more than 22 (>50% of the maximum score) had median duodenal eosinophil/HPF of 5.4 [P25-75: 3,4–7,6] and subjects with PADYQ score ≤22 of 3.4 [P25-75: 2.2–6.0] (p= 0.018). The patients were divided into terciles, according to symptoms severity: group 1 with 31 subjects (mild symptoms); group 2 with 30 subjects (moderate symptoms); and group 3 with 31 subjects (severe symptoms). 10 The median duodenal eosinophils/HPF was 3.4 [P25-75: 2.2-6.0] in group 1; 4.7 [P25-75: 3.2-6.4] in group 2; and 5.8 [P25-75: 3.6-8.2] in group 3 (p=0.033). There was a higher duodenal eosinophils count in smokers (current or former) (p=0.030), and subjects with BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (p=0.035). In the multivariate analysis by linear regression, the duodenal eosinophil count were influenced by smoking (p = 0.026) and dyspeptic symptoms severity (p= 0.039). Conclusion: This study did not show an association between H. pylori infection and the number of duodenal eosinophils, in this population of functional dyspeptic patients. However, a directly proportional and statistically significant relationship between the number of duodenal eosinophils and the intensity of dyspeptic symptoms has been demonstrated.