Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Questionnaire (<scp>GerdQ</scp>) in real‐world practice: A national multicenter survey on 8065 patients

Abstract

The study suggests the proportions of Chinese patients with reflux esophagitis rise up with the increase of GerdQ score, and GerdQ may be used for diagnosis of GERD. However, low GerdQ score cannot exclude the possibility of reflux esophagitis. A minority of Chinese patients has high GerdQ score but is diagnosed with malignancies, even in the absence of alarm features.