Zewditu Denu

• University of Gondar

Background Essential newborn care is a set of measures every newborn baby needs, regardless of its birthplace. Geographic equity in essential newborn care refers to the fairness of access to newborn care across different regions. These practices vary across different social groups, but evidence on the geographic equity of newborn care in Ethiopia i...

Background Most women living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries remain undiagnosed and untreated for depression. Even though depression has an adverse effect on treatment outcome and disease progression, less attention is given. The progression of depression is influenced by coping mechanism. The aim of this study was to identify the copi...

Background: Depression in women living with HIV (WLWHIV), is one of the most common public health concerns worldwide. Depression has a negative impact on antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence, quality of life, poor HIV treatment outcomes, and mortality. However, there is a paucity of evidence in low-income countries such as Ethiopia in WLWHIV. Obj...

Objectives To assess the geographical equity in Ethiopian infants’ exclusive breastfeeding at 5 months and dietary diversity at 12 months and whether social factors explained the spatial inequities. Design Secondary analysis of a birth cohort study. Setting Analysis of data from the Ethiopian Performance Monitoring for Action panel study conducte...

Background Depression is a very common psychiatric disorder in worldwide. Globally, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is highly prevalent among women, and are disproportionately affected by depression. Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) adherence which could highly be affected by depression is yet to be explored effectively. Depression affects overall p...

Objective Although there has been a massive expansion of hospitals in Ethiopia in the last 2 decades, most are primary-level hospitals. Assessing the capability of the hospitals in managing trauma victims is essential to strengthening the hospitals. Methods We employed a mixed-method approach using quantitative descriptive design triangulated with...

Background: Prehospital emergency care helps to reduce mortality and morbidity from time-sensitive conditions. In this study, we summarised the perspectives of various stakeholders on the establishment of a prehospital integrated emergency response system. Methods: We conducted a qualitative study using a key informant interview. We used a purpo...

Background Depression one of the world's prevalent mental illnesses is a leading cause of major public health problems globally and its frequency has been increasing, particularly in low and middle-income countries. Little is known about the magnitude and contributing factors of preoperative depression among elective surgical inpatients in the coun...

Objective The objective of this study was to identify timing distribution and predictors of deaths following road traffic injuries among all age groups at Gondar Comprehensive specialised hospital. Design A single-centre prospective cohort study. Setting The study hospital is a tertiary hospital in North West Ethiopia. Participants We enrolled 4...

Objective Measuring the level of disability following trauma is a key step for secondary and tertiary level trauma prevention. It can give important evidence for decision-makers and program implementers on the need for establishing rehabilitation centers. Methods This is a longitudinal follow-up study on 235 road traffic injury survivors. Patients...

Background Road traffic injury-related mortality continues to increase from time to time globally, but its burden is more than three times higher in low-income countries. This discrepancy is mainly due to poor trauma care system both at the pre-hospital and in-hospital. The analysis of injury patterns and time to mortality is crucial for the develo...

Background Road traffic injuries, which are responsible for premature deaths and functional losses, are the leading causes of unintentional injuries in Ethiopia. As most studies on road traffic injuries, so far, have been either local or regional, it is believed that combining the regional or local data to get nationally representative information...

Background Adapting and translating already developed tools to different cultures is a complex process, but once done, it increases the validity of the construct to be measured. This study aimed to assess the 12 items WHODAS-2 and test its psychometric properties among road traffic injury victims in Ethiopia. This study aimed to translate the 12 it...

Background Hypoxemia is defined as low level of oxygen in the blood. The early postoperative period is a critical time for developing hypoxemia. It is well known that the physiological response of the patient is not reversed immediately after anesthesia and surgery. Supplemental oxygen should be considered in patients who had operation under anesth...

Documentation after regional nerve block is an essential component of patient pain management. It will safeguard against medico legal issues, it will increase the successful performance of regional anaesthesia, to safely follow patients having nerve block, to improve patient’s recall of risks and benefits, to get briefed information during hand ove...

Background Caesarean delivery can be associated with considerable postoperative pain. While the benefits of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) and ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric (II-IH) nerve blocks on pain after caesarean delivery via Pfannenstiel incision have been demonstrated, no enough investigations on the comparison of these blocks on pain afte...