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Background Since bottle feeding has an impact on the effectiveness of breastfeeding and appropriate supplemental feeding, the World health organization recommends being avoided for infant and early child feeding. Thus, this study aimed to... more
Background Since bottle feeding has an impact on the effectiveness of breastfeeding and appropriate supplemental feeding, the World health organization recommends being avoided for infant and early child feeding. Thus, this study aimed to assess the level of the bottle-feeding practice and its associated factors among mothers of 0–24 month’s children in Asella town, Oromia region, Ethiopia. Methods Community-based cross-sectional study design was conducted from March 8-April 8, 2022, among a sample of 692 mothers of children aged 0–24 months. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select the study subjects. Data were collected using a pretested and structured questionnaire by face-to-face interview technique questionnaire. The outcome variable bottle-feeding practice (BFP) was assessed using WHO and UNICEF UK healthy baby initiative BF assessment tools. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to identify the association between explanatory and outcome variables. Adjusted ...
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Background: There is limited evidence on nurses’ knowledge and perceived barriers to prevent pressure ulcer in Ethiopia. The present study aimed to assess nurses’ knowledge and perceived barriers to prevent pressure ulcer in public... more
Background: There is limited evidence on nurses’ knowledge and perceived barriers to prevent pressure ulcer in Ethiopia. The present study aimed to assess nurses’ knowledge and perceived barriers to prevent pressure ulcer in public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methodology: A self-reported cross-sectional survey design was used to collect data from 356 nurses who were providing care to patients with pressure ulcers between 21 April and 28 May 2015. We used a structured questionnaire, which was adapted from previous studies to collect the data. Data were coded and entered in computer using EPI data version 3.1 statistical packages, and transported into SPSS version 20 for data analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to describe demographic characteristics, level of nurses' knowledge on PU prevention and treatment, and perceived barriers to carry out PU prevention and treatment. Results: Findings of the present study revealed that the majority of nurses who participated i...
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Background Non-communicable diseases, known as chronic diseases, are not contagious in their nature. They progress slowly in affecting the health of a person. They are the leading causes of death in all continents except Africa, but... more
Background Non-communicable diseases, known as chronic diseases, are not contagious in their nature. They progress slowly in affecting the health of a person. They are the leading causes of death in all continents except Africa, but current projections indicated that by 2025 the largest increases in the non-communicable diseases deaths will occur in Africa. In Ethiopian about 34% of patients suffered from chronic non communicable diseases and there is a gap of estimating the time-to-death of these patients to manage the diseases progression in earlier. Thus, this study was aimed in estimating the survival outcome (death times) of the retrospective follow-up studies of registered inpatients for three years in three hospitals of Oromiya National Regional State, Ethiopia. Methods To describe the prediction and diseases progression of non-communicable diseases, different types of parametric frailty models were compared. Hospitals of the patients were considered as the unobserved variabl...