학술논문

REAP‐HP survey 2020: Comparing the real‐world practice and expectation in Helicobacter pylori eradication of the Taiwanese gastroenterologists in 2015 and 2020.
Document Type
Article
Source
Helicobacter. Dec2022, Vol. 27 Issue 6, p1-8. 8p.
Subject
*HELICOBACTER pylori
*GASTROENTEROLOGISTS
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*PHYSICIANS
Language
ISSN
1083-4389
Abstract
Background: REAP‐HP study (Real‐world practice and Expectation of Asia‐Pacific physicians and patients in Helicobacter Pylori eradication) was the pioneer study investigating the expectation and preference of physicians across Asia‐Pacific in H. pylori eradication in 2015. This study is the first follow‐up study of REAP‐HP in Taiwan. Aims: (1) To investigate the preference in regimens for the first‐line anti‐H. pylori therapy of Taiwanese gastroenterologist in 2020, (2) To survey the factor that cause the most concern when prescribing anti‐H. pylori regimens in clinical practice, and (3) to compare REAP‐HP survey data in 2020 and those surveyed in 2015 regarding the abovementioned end‐points. Methods: A questionnaire for H. pylori eradication survey of physicians was distributed to the gastroenterologists who attended the Taiwan Digestive Disease Week 2020. Data of most commonly used first‐line anti‐H. pylori regimens and concerned factors when prescribing anti‐H. pylori regimens between 2015 and 2020 were compared. Results: A total of 258 physicians from different districts of Taiwan participated in the REAP‐HP Survey in 2020. The top three most commonly used anti‐H. pylori regimens in Taiwan in 2020 were 14‐day standard triple therapy (36.8%; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 30.9%–42.7%), 7‐day standard triple therapy (17.8%; 95% CI: 13.1%–22.5%) and 14‐day reverse hybrid therapy (14.7%; 95% CI: 10.4%–19.0%) respectively. The top two factors that cause the most concern during prescribing anti‐H. pylori therapy were eradication rate (82.3%; 95% CI: 77.6%–87.0%) and side effect (10.4%; 95% CI: 6.7%–15.1%). In 2015, the top three most commonly used regimens in Taiwan were 7‐day standard triple therapy (62%; 95% CI: 56.2%–67.8%), 14‐day standard triple therapy (21%; 95% CI: 16.1%–25.9%) and 10‐day sequential therapy (7%; 95% CI: 4%–10%). A remarkable difference of the most commonly used anti‐H. pylori regimens between 2015 and 2020 existed (p <.001). The top two factors that cause the most concern during prescribing anti‐H. pylori therapy in 2015 were eradication rate (84.1%) and side effect (7.0%). There were no differences in the factors that cause the most concern during prescribing anti‐H. pylori regimens between 2015 and 2020. Conclusion: 14‐day standard triple therapy has replaced 7‐day standard triple therapy as the most commonly used first‐line anti‐H. pylori therapy among Taiwanese gastroenterologists in 2020. 14‐day reverse hybrid therapy is on rise to the third place as the most commonly used anti‐H. pylori regimen in Taiwan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]