Frecuencia de helicobacter pylori en trabajadores de la Empresa Pública Municipal de Aseo de Cuenca, Cuenca 2023

Abstract

The World Health Organization, mentions that, Helicobacter pylori is a microorganism that represents a threat to human health, causing several gastric and duodenal diseases, such as, chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, lymphoma associated with the gastric mucosa and gastric cancer, which is influenced by multiple factors: geographical location, age, hygiene habits, lifestyle and socioeconomic factors. For this reason, it is of interest to consider those groups with the highest risk of contamination, such as, the workers of the Municipal Public Cleaning Company of Cuenca, due to the nature of their work activities. The present study is descriptive, prospective and cross-sectional, the main objective was to determine the frequency of Helicobacter pylori in workers of the Municipal Public Cleaning Company of Cuenca, Cuenca 2023, using the immunochromatography technique. The data were collected in a Microsoft Excel form, using SPSS version 29.01, data analysis was carried out with cross and simple tables. The results showed that 64.6% of the workers were infected with Helicobacter pylori, being more prevalent in men, with 63.8%, especially in those aged between 29 and 39 years, reaching 19.2%. Likewise, it was observed that the area in charge of direct waste collection presented a positivity of 37.7%.