Magnitude of malaria and associated factors among febrile adults in Siraro District Public Health facilities, West Arsi Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia 2022: a facility-based cross-sectional study

Autor: Yosef Yohanes Lakew, Anteneh Fikrie, Sisay Bedane Godana, Fatuma Wariyo, Wongelawit Seyoum
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Malaria Journal, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1475-2875
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-023-04697-x
Popis: Abstract Background Despite significant efforts made to control malaria in Ethiopia, the disease remains one of the top public health problems in the country. Baseline malaria prevalence and associated factor at high malaria area is important to guide malaria control interventions, there was paucity of information regarding the study area. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine prevalence of malaria and associated factors among febrile adults in Siraro district health facilities, West Arsi Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia. Methods Institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 317 febrile adult patients at Siraro district health facilities. Structured pre-tested questionnaires were used to collect data. Epi-data version 3.1 and SPSS version 23 were used for data entry and analysis respectively. In order to identify factors associated with malaria infection bivariable and multivariable binary logistic regression analysis was employed, The Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) with a 95% confidence interval (CI) and p-value of
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