scholarly journals Prevalence and associated factors of dysmenorrhea among secondary and preparatory school students in Debremarkos town, North-West Ethiopia

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abebaw Abeje Muluneh ◽  
Tewodros seyuom Nigussie ◽  
Kahsay Zenebe Gebreslasie ◽  
Kiber Temesgen Anteneh ◽  
Zemenu Yohannes Kassa
Keyword(s):  
Associated Factors ◽  
School Students ◽  
Preparatory School ◽  
North West ◽  
North West Ethiopia

scholarly journals Prevalence and Factors Associated with Early Sexual Debut among Preparatory School Students in Gondar Town, North West Ethiopia 2018

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Betelihem Gudeta ◽  
Yohannes Ayanaw Habitu ◽  
Asmamaw Atnafu
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Parental Monitoring ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Sexual Debut ◽  
School Students ◽  
Preparatory School ◽  
Early Sexual Debut ◽  
North West ◽  
Gondar Town ◽  
North West Ethiopia

Abstract Objective: Early sexual debut increases youth exposure to risky sexual behaviors, STIs including HIV/AIDS, and unsafe abortion. There is study limitation on this specific issue on the study area. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of early sexual debut among preparatory school students in Gondar town, North West Ethiopia. Results: From a total of 797 students, 750 respondents complete the questionnaire giving a response rate of 94.1%. About 20.5% with 95%CI (17.6, 23.3%) of the respondents had early sexual debut. Had lesson on sexuality education (AOR=2.14, 95%CI 1.15, 3.98), drinking alcohol (AOR= 14.5, 95%CI 7.81, 27.22), had good parental monitoring (AOR=3.6, 95%CI 1.8, 7.45), had discussion on sexual issues with parents (AOR=3.05, 95%CI 1.04, 8.88), and had good academic achievement (AOR=4.2, 95%CI 1.72, 10.26) were found to be significantly associated with early sexual debut. Sexual education programs at earlier life may help to delay sexual debut for school youths and is recommended to incorporate it in the curriculum. Key words: Early sexual debut, factors, preparatory students, Gondar, Ethiopia

scholarly journals Magnitude of visual impairment and associated factors among patients attending ophthalmic clinics of Debre Markos referral hospital, north West Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haimanot Abebe ◽  
Fasil Wagnew ◽  
Haymanot Zeleke ◽  
Bitew Tefera ◽  
Shegaw Tesfa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Referral Hospital ◽  
Multivariable Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
North West ◽  
Rural Residency ◽  
North West Ethiopia ◽  
Debre Markos ◽  
Study Participants

Abstract Background Globally, visual impairment affects about 285 million (4.25%) people, of those, 266.4 million were adults aged 18 years and above. Ethiopia is one of developing countries estimated to have high prevalence of visual impairment which have an enormous socio-economic impact. Also there is limited available information regarding with the magnitude of visual impairment among adults in our country at large and east Gojjam zone in specific. Therefore the aim of this study was to assess the magnitude of visual impairment and its associated factors among patients attending Debre Markos Referral Hospital ophthalmic clinics in east Gojjam zone, North West Ethiopia. Methods An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted at Debre Markos Referral Hospital which is the only hospital in east gojjam zone with ophthalmic care service from March 1 to 30, 2020 by using systematic random sampling technique to select study participants after informed consent was obtained. Data were collected by interview with 5% pretested, structured questionnaire and ocular examinations. Data were cleaned, coded and entered to Epi-data version-3.1, and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science software version 26. The descriptive statistics was presented in tables, text and graphs. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis to identify factors associated with visual impairment was conducted. Covariates with P-value < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results A study was conducted among 312 study participants with 96% response rate. The magnitude of visual impairment was 114 (36.5%) [95% CI, (33.8, 39.2%)]. Age > 50 years [AOR = 3.82; 95% CI (1.56, 9.35)], rural residency [AOR = 4.33 95% CI (1.30, 14.44)], inability to read and write [AOR = 3.21; 95% CI (1.18, 8.73)] and Cataract [AOR = 4.48; 95% CI (1.91, 10.52)] were factors significantly associated with visual impairment. Conclusions The overall magnitude of visual impairment was found to be high. Older age, rural residency, inability to read and write and cataract were associated with visual impairment. Increasing literacy, expanded cataract surgery, as well as community based visual acuity screening especially for elders and rural residents is crucial. Zonal police makers should give emphasis on prevention of visual impairment to decrease economic, social and political burden of visual disability.

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