| Autor: |
Hassen Abdi Adem, Ahmedin Aliyi Usso, Habtemu Jarso Hebo, Abdulhalik Workicho, Fila Ahmed |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
PeerJ, Vol 11, p e15416 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2167-8359 |
| DOI: |
10.7717/peerj.15416 |
| Popis: |
Background Women’s undernutrition during pregnancy increases the risks and burdens of maternal and neonatal morbidity, death, and disability through its vicious cycles of irreversible intergenerational negative effects. Despite the high burden of maternal undernutrition during pregnancy in semi-pastoral communities of eastern Ethiopia, there is a paucity of information on its major risk factors. This study revealed determinants of acute undernutrition among pregnant women attending primary healthcare units in Chinaksen district in rural eastern Ethiopia. Method A facility-based case-control study was conducted among 113 cases and 113 controls in Chinaksen district from February 01 to March 30, 2017. Data were entered using EpiData version 3.1 and analyzed using SPSS version 24. Multivariable logistic regression analyses conducted to identify significant determinants of acute undernutrition. Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with a 95% confidence interval was used to report the strength of association and statistical significance declared at p value |
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