Effects of Community Screening for Helicobacter pylori: 13-Year Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial (HEP-FYN)

Helicobacter pylori (Hp) eradication improves the prognosis of peptic ulcer disease (PUD), dyspepsia, and possibly gastric cancer. Hp screening tests are accurate and eradication therapy is effective. Hp population screening seems attractive.The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term effect of Hp population screening and eradication on dyspepsia prevalence and the incidence of PUD, and as secondary outcomes to assess the effect on health-care consumption and quality of life.

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