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© 1976 Oxford University Press

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Validity of Questionnaire Criteria in Mass Screening for the Diagnosis of Peptic Ulcer

TADEUSZ POPIELA1, WIESLAW JEDRYCHOWSKI2,7, ADAM FILIPEK, ELIASZ DOLZYCKI, JAN KULIG and STEFAN OLSZANECKI6

1Professor of Surgery, Head of Gastroenterological Department, Medical School Kraków, ul. Kopernika 7, Poland.
2Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Head of Department of Epidemiology, Medical School Kraków ul. Kopernika 7 Poland.
Research fellows, Medical School Kraków, ul. Kopernika 7, Poland.
6Head of Industrial Service in Factory ul. Kopernika 7.

7Reprint requests should be addressed to Dr.W. Jedrychowski.

Popiela, T. (Gastroenterological Department, Medical School, Kraków, Poland), Jedrychowski, W., Filipek, A., Dolzycki, E., Kulig, J. and Olszanecki, S. Validity of questionnaire criteria in mass screening for the diagnosis of peptic ulcer. International Journal of Epidemiology, 1976, 5: 251–253.

Epidemiological studies of peptic ulceration in the stomach and duodenum based on a standard questionnaire were carried out among the employees of a sulphur mine. The results obtained in the preliminary cross-sectional study were checked against a sample of 180 people who had undergone radiological examination of the alimentary tract. The validity of the questionnaire was then assessed by comparison of these two sets of results. The study shows that a more revealing screening test may be based on a wide range of questions rather than on a smaller set of specific questions.

Received 16 February 1976


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