Background Malnutrition is very common in HIV-infected individuals. Even though data from different settings are necessary to tackle it, pieces of evidence are limited especially in the case of the nutritional status of HIV-infected... more
Background Malnutrition is very common in HIV-infected individuals. Even though data from different settings are necessary to tackle it, pieces of evidence are limited especially in the case of the nutritional status of HIV-infected children. Hence, this study aims to assess the nutritional status and associated factors among children on antiretroviral therapy. Methods An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 383 HIV-positive children in Southern Ethiopia. Data were collected using an interviewer-administered questionnaire and anthropometry measurement. Data were coded and entered into Epi-Data Version 3.1 and analyzed using SPSS Version 25. Bi-variable and multi-variable binary logistic regression models were used to identify factors associated with nutritional status and variables with p -values <0.05 in multi-variable logistic regression were considered as statistically significant. Results The prevalence of wasting among HIV-positive children in Southe...
Background Children’s HIV-positive status disclosure is an essential component of chronic care & long-term disease management. The modalities of status disclosure are complex and vary across different communities. Although data from... more
Background Children’s HIV-positive status disclosure is an essential component of chronic care & long-term disease management. The modalities of status disclosure are complex and vary across different communities. Although data from various settings are necessary to overcome this problem, evidence is limited, specifically in the in the study areas. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the prevalence of HIV-positive status disclosure and associated factors among children on antiretroviral therapy (ART). Methods A mixed-method, facility-based study was conducted: among 203 caregivers with children in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia. We used in-depth interviews for qualitative data in addition to structured questionnaires. Simple random sampling for quantitative and purposive sampling for qualitative parts was applied. We used Content or Thematic analysis for qualitative and Binary logistic regression for quantitative. Results All the caregivers were interviewed and majorities (84.7%)...
Background: Children HIV-positive status disclosure is an essential component of chronic care and long-term disease management. However, children HIV-positive status disclosure is complex and varies across different communities. Although... more
Background: Children HIV-positive status disclosure is an essential component of chronic care and long-term disease management. However, children HIV-positive status disclosure is complex and varies across different communities. Although data from different settings are necessary to overcome this problem, evidences are limited particularly in case of children HIV-positive status disclosure. Therefore, this study aims to assess the prevalence of HIV-positive status disclosure and associated factors among children on antiretroviral therapy.Methods: A facility based, mixed-method study was conducted among 203 care givers with children in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Structured questionnaire and in-depth interview guide was implemented to collect quantitative and qualitative data, respectively. Simple random sampling for quantitative and purposive sampling for qualitative parts was applied. Content or Thematic analysis for qualitative and Binary logistic regression was used for quan...
Background: The most important factor in the success of HIV treatment is clinical adherence. Inadequate clinical adherence is one of the factors that affect the adherence level of highly active antiretroviral treatment and its effect on... more
Background: The most important factor in the success of HIV treatment is clinical adherence. Inadequate clinical adherence is one of the factors that affect the adherence level of highly active antiretroviral treatment and its effect on suppressed viral replication. Even though data from different settings are necessary to tackle it, pieces of evidence are limited especially in the case of clinical adherence level of HIV-infected children. Hence, this study aimed to assess clinical non-adherence level and its associated factors among HIV-positive children on HAART. Methods: A multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted from July 1 to August 30, 2021, among HIV-infected children on ART in South Gondar Zone. Data were entered into Epi Data Version 4.6 and analysis was done using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 25. Binary logistic regression was implemented to assess the association of factors against the outcome variable and variables with p-values ≤ 0.25 in ...
Background Malnutrition associated with HIV infection is a complex condition, with HIV-positive children having a higher mortality rate than HIV-negative children, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality in children. Data from a... more
Background Malnutrition associated with HIV infection is a complex condition, with HIV-positive children having a higher mortality rate than HIV-negative children, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality in children. Data from a variety of situations are needed to counter this, but the evidence is limited, especially for the nutritional status of HIV-infected children. Therefore, this study aims to assess the magnitude of underweight and factors associated with it in children receiving antiretroviral therapy. Methods An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted among HIV-positive children in South Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia. Data were collected using an interviewer-administered questionnaire and anthropometry measurement. Data were coded and entered into Epi-Data Version 3.1 and analyzed using SPSS Version 25. Bivariable and multivariable binary logistic regression models were used to identify factors associated with nutritional status and variables with p-val...
Introduction: Hypertension is considered one of the most challenging public health problems worldwide. Adherence to the recommended diet has a key role to reduce uncontrolled hypertension and hypertension-related complications. A study on... more
Introduction: Hypertension is considered one of the most challenging public health problems worldwide. Adherence to the recommended diet has a key role to reduce uncontrolled hypertension and hypertension-related complications. A study on dietary adherence among hypertensive patients and associated factors are limited in Ethiopia. So,this study aimed to assess dietary adherence and associated factors among hypertensive patients in Bahir Dar city governmental hospitals, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Bahir Dar city governmental hospitals from February- March 2020. Proportional allocation and systematic random sampling techniques were used to select 386 individuals with hypertension. The logistic regression model was used to assess the association between predictors and dietary adherence. The association was interpreted using the odds ratio and 95% confidence interval. Result: In this the proportion of dietary adherence was 32.8% (CI: 28.0, 37.6)...
sBackgroundBurn is one of the leading causes of preventable death and disability every year in low and middle-income countries, which mainly affects those aged less than 15 years. Death from burn injuries carries the most significant... more
sBackgroundBurn is one of the leading causes of preventable death and disability every year in low and middle-income countries, which mainly affects those aged less than 15 years. Death from burn injuries carries the most significant losses, which often have grave consequences for the countries. Even though data from different settings are necessary to tackle it, pieces of evidence in this area are limited. Thus, this study was aimed to answer the question, what is the Magnitude of Mortality? And what are the factors associated with mortality among burn victim children admitted to South Gondar Zone Government Hospitals, Ethiopia, from 2015 to 2019?MethodsInstitutional-based cross-sectional study design was used to study 348 hospitalized burn victim pediatrics’, from 2015 to 2019. A simple random sampling method was used. Data were exported from Epidata to SPSS version 23 for analysis. Significant of the variables were declared when ap-value is < 0.05.ResultThe mortality rate of b...
Background Even though child mortality decreased greatly (44%, since 1990), children in developing countries are eight times more likely to die before they attain their five years birthday. When comparing under-five mortality around the... more
Background Even though child mortality decreased greatly (44%, since 1990), children in developing countries are eight times more likely to die before they attain their five years birthday. When comparing under-five mortality around the world, the African including Ethiopia and Southeast Asian regions showed an uneven child death rate. Therefore, this study was aimed to identify the potential determinant factors of under-five mortality in the Amhara regional state of Ethiopia. Methods Statistics from a national representative cross-sectional survey of the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) of the year 2016 were used. Data was collected from the population of all under-five children in randomly selected enumeration areas of the Amhara region of Ethiopia. To investigate the relationship between the dependent variable (under-five mortality) and various independent factors, inferential statistics such as binary logistic regression and multiple logistic regressions were used....
Background The leading cause of neonatal death worldwide is birth asphyxia. Yearly, in the first month of life, 2.5 million children died around the world. Birth asphyxia is a major problem, particularly in developing nations like... more
Background The leading cause of neonatal death worldwide is birth asphyxia. Yearly, in the first month of life, 2.5 million children died around the world. Birth asphyxia is a major problem, particularly in developing nations like Ethiopia. The goal of this study was to determine the magnitude of birth asphyxia and the factors that contributed to it among neonates delivered at the Aykel Primary Hospital in north-central Ethiopia. Methods From August 1 to August 31, 2021, a hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 144 live births. An Apgar score less than 7 in the fifth minute of birth authorized the diagnosis of birth asphyxia. Variable contention (P < 0.250) for multivariable analysis was determined after data examination and cleaning. Then, to identify important factors of birth asphyxia, a multivariable logistic regression model with a p-value of 0.05 was developed. Finally, a significant relationship between a dependent variable and independent factors was define...
Background Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has shown promising effects on the reduction of new HIV infection as well as HIV-related morbidity and mortality. In order to boost the effect of ART on ending HIV epidemics by 2030, the World... more
Background Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has shown promising effects on the reduction of new HIV infection as well as HIV-related morbidity and mortality. In order to boost the effect of ART on ending HIV epidemics by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) indeed introduced a universal test and treat strategy in 2015 that recommends rapid (within seven days) initiation of ART for all HIV-positive patients. However, in low-income countries, a substantial number of HIV-positive patients were not enrolled in time, and information on delayed ART initiation status in Ethiopia is limited. Method A multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 HIV-positive adults receiving ART at public health institutions in Bahir Dar city, Northwest Ethiopia. A structured checklist was used to extract data from the patient’s medical record. Data was entered into Epi-data version 4.6 and exported to SPSS version 26 for further analysis. Both simple and multivariable binary logistic regressions ...
Background Because they are prevalent, persistent, and have substantial negative effects on physical health, psychological well-being, and economic implications, common mental illnesses like depression, anxiety, and somatic complaints are... more
Background Because they are prevalent, persistent, and have substantial negative effects on physical health, psychological well-being, and economic implications, common mental illnesses like depression, anxiety, and somatic complaints are major public health problems. Patients with mental illness are devoted to religious therapy including holy water as a coping mechanism for their illnesses. The aim of this study was to investigate the magnitude and associated factors of common mental illness among adult holy water users. Methods Facility-based cross-sectional study design was conducted in Amhara regional state orthodox Tewahido churches. A simple random sampling techinque was used to select participants. Data were collected by using the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale for mental illnesses symptoms and a structured interviewer administered questionnaire was used. Data were entered into EpiData version 4.6 and exported to SPSS version 25 for analysis. Variables with a p-value of 0.25 ...
Background Despite the fact that the disease has spread throughout the world, with millions infected and killed, global COVID-19 vaccine coverage remains low, particularly in developing countries including Ethiopia. Epidemiological data... more
Background Despite the fact that the disease has spread throughout the world, with millions infected and killed, global COVID-19 vaccine coverage remains low, particularly in developing countries including Ethiopia. Epidemiological data is insufficient to assess the amount of COVID-19 up take, willingness for vaccination, and associated factors. Objective This study aimed to assess COVID-19 up take, willingness for vaccination and associated factors among patients attending chronic follow up in the referral hospitals of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 2022 Method A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 patients attending chronic follow up in the referral hospitals of Bahir Dar from May 09 - June 09/2022. A systematic random sampling technique was used to select participants. Data was gathered using a pre-tested questionnaire, and checked for its consistency and accuracy. The data were entered to Epi data version 4.6 and analyzed using SPSS version 23. Descriptive analysi...
The provision of patient-centered care is challenging around the globe, including in Ethiopia. There is a scarcity of information on this issue. Therefore, this study aimed to assess patients' perceptions of patient-centered care and... more
The provision of patient-centered care is challenging around the globe, including in Ethiopia. There is a scarcity of information on this issue. Therefore, this study aimed to assess patients' perceptions of patient-centered care and associated factors among patients admitted to public and private hospitals in Bahir Dar city. Methods: A facility-based comparative cross-sectional study was conducted from May 8-June 15, 2022. Using a multistage sampling approach, the study participants were selected. An interviewer was used to collect the data. Bi-variable and multivariable logistic regressions were used to analyze the data. Statistical significance was declared using a p value< 0.05. Results: Overall, 53.7% of patients reported poor patient-centered care. And it was higher among public hospitals (66.3%) than private hospitals (40.3%).
