Table 1.

Questionnaire for Expert Opinion Survey on H. pylori Infection and Related Gastrointestinal Diseases in Southeast Asian Countries

1. What is the estimated proportion of area with limited health care facilities for H. pylori management in your country?
Less than 10%
About 10-25%
About 25-50%
More than 50%
More than 80%
2. What is the estimated prevalence of H. pylori infection in your country?
3. In your country, what are the H. pylori infection rates in:
·  Duodenal ulcer
·  Gastric ulcer
·  Non-ulcer dyspepsia / gastritis
· Gastric cancer
4. Which diagnostic methods for H. pylori infection are mostly used in your country before treatment? (Please choose one or more answers)
Serology test
Stool antigen test
Urea breath test
Rapid urease test
None
5. Do you use the test-and-treat strategy in dyspeptic patients without alarm symptoms?
Yes (please specify which diagnostic test)
No
6. What percentage of patients with endoscopic gastritis do you perform rapid urease test?
7. What percentage of patients with endoscopic gastritis do you take biopsy for histology?
8. What is the prevalence of gastric cancer in your country?
9. Is there any gastric cancer screening program in your country? How?
10. Who do you consider to have high risk and should undergo gastric cancer screening in your country?
11. What stage does the majority of patients with gastric cancer in your country present with?