Incidencia de Helicobacter pylori por inmunocromatografía en transportistas de buses urbanos del Cantón Cuenca 2018

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a bacterium that produces inflammation of the gastric mucosa, being this the main trigger of serious gastric diseases, the worldwide prevalence is 50% this percentage increases in developing countries (1) .

OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of Helicobacter pylori by Immunochromatography in urban bus transporters in the City of Cuenca 2018.

METHODOLOGY: It is a descriptive cross-sectional study, in a universe of 460 transporters of the urban bus cooperatives of Cantón Cuenca, with a representative sample of 137 drivers.

Participants were informed about the research, through informed consent, followed by a survey, which allowed obtaining information related to the study variables. The samples were collected under biosafety and quality standards for subsequent analysis in the laboratory of the Medical Technology building of the University of Cuenca, for the tabulation and statistical analysis of the data, EXCEL 2013 and the SSPS 2.0 program were used.

RESULTS: The results provided important statistical information, in relation to the incidence of H. pylori in the study group, considered a vulnerable population, as well as knowledge of the state of health regarding the presence or absence of the bacteria.

CONCLUSION: It is concluded that 59.1% of the studied population presents positive Helicobacter pylori, being the age, the bad hygienic habits, food and the consumption of food outside the home the main factors for its contamination.