Acute gastroenteritis in Hong Kong: a population-based telephone survey

Epidemiology and Infection
S C HoJ Sung

Abstract

A population-based telephone survey of acute gastroenteritis (AG) was conducted in Hong Kong from August 2006 to July 2007. Study subjects were recruited through random digit-dialing with recruitments evenly distributed weekly over the 1-year period. In total, 3743 completed questionnaires were obtained. An AG episode is defined as diarrhoea >or=3 times or any vomiting in a 24-h period during the 4 weeks prior to interview, in the absence of known non-infectious causes. The prevalence of AG reporting was 7%. An overall rate of 0.91 (95% CI 0.81-1.01) episodes per person-year was observed with women having a slightly higher rate (0.94, 95% CI 0.79-1.08) than men (0.88, 95% CI 0.73-1.04). The mean duration of illness was 3.6 days (S.D.=5.52). Thirty-nine percent consulted a physician, 1.9% submitted a stool sample for testing, and 2.6% were admitted to hospital. Of the subjects aged >or=15 years, significantly more of those with AG reported eating raw oysters (OR 2.4, 95% CI 1.3-4.4), buffet meals (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.3-2.5), and partially cooked beef (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.2-2.7) in the previous 4 weeks compared to the subjects who did not report AG. AG subjects were also more likely to have had hot pot, salad, partially cooked or raw e...Continue Reading

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