Thesis Open Access
Dereje Gedle
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <record xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"> <leader>00000nam##2200000uu#4500</leader> <controlfield tag="005">20250103085922.0</controlfield> <controlfield tag="001">5600</controlfield> <datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2=" "> <subfield code="s">647925</subfield> <subfield code="z">md5:d45cbd5fd89e1d88df48cadeabb670f7</subfield> <subfield code="u">https://zenodo.org/record/5600/files/f1042664640.pdf</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="542" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="l">open</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="260" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="c">2014-06-01</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="909" ind1="C" ind2="O"> <subfield code="p">user-zenodo</subfield> <subfield code="p">user-uog</subfield> <subfield code="o">oai:zenodo.org:5600</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="100" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="a">Dereje Gedle</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="245" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="a">Prevalence of Malnutrition and Its Associated Factors among Adult People Living with HIV/AIDS receiving Anti Retroviral Therapy at Butajira Hospital, Southern Ethiopia</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="980" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="a">user-uog</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="980" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="a">user-zenodo</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="540" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="u">http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by</subfield> <subfield code="a">Creative Commons Attribution</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="650" ind1="1" ind2="7"> <subfield code="a">cc-by</subfield> <subfield code="2">opendefinition.org</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="a"><p>Background: Malnutrition and HIV/AIDS are highly prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa and they<br> are linked in a vicious cycle. Intestinal parasite co-infection worsens the effect of malnutrition<br> among HIV patients. However, the magnitude of malnutrition and its associated factors among<br> People Living with HIV/AIDS are not well understood at Butajira in particular and in Ethiopia in<br> general.<br> Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of malnutrition and its associated<br> factors among Adult People Living with HIV/AIDS receiving ART.<br> Methods: Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted and systematic random<br> sampling technique was used to select study subjects. A total of 305 study subjects were enrolled<br> in the study. Structured and pre-tested questionnaire were used to collect socio-demographic,<br> clinical and nutritional related data. From each sampled patient, anthropometric and laboratory<br> data were collected. Both bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to<br> assess the effect of the various factors on the level of malnutrition. P value &le; 0.05 at 95% CI was<br> considered statistically significant.<br> Results: The overall prevalence of malnutrition was 25.2% (95% CI: 20.0% &ndash; 30.2%), of which<br> 49(63.6%), 19(24.7%), 9(11.7%) were mildly, moderately and severely malnourished,<br> respectively. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis revealed that living in rural area<br> (AOR=1.98, 95% CI: 1.10, 3.53), anemia (AOR=1.94, 95% CI: 1.05, 3.57), eating difficulty<br> (AOR= 2.69, 95% CI: 1.41, 5.11), using Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (AOR= 0.18, 95% CI:<br> 0.08, 0.40), and intestinal parasitic co-infection (AOR=2.85, 95% CI: 1.54, 5.27) were<br> significantly associated with malnutrition</p></subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="773" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="n">doi</subfield> <subfield code="i">isVersionOf</subfield> <subfield code="a">10.20372/nadre:5599</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="024" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="a">10.20372/nadre:5600</subfield> <subfield code="2">doi</subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="980" ind1=" " ind2=" "> <subfield code="a">publication</subfield> <subfield code="b">thesis</subfield> </datafield> </record>
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