Assessment of Some Health-Related Practices and Knowledge among a Group of Egyptian Patients with Peptic Ulcer Disease

Background: Peptic ulcer disease had a tremendous effect on morbidity and mortality until the last decades of the 20 th century, when epidemiological trends started to point to an impressive fall in its incidence due to the discovery of effective and potent acid suppressants, and of Helicobacter pylori. Despite substantial advances, this disease remains an important clinical problem, largely because of the increasingly widespread use of non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs and poor health related practices among general populations. The present study aimed to assess health related practices and knowledge of peptic ulcer patients.