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The two most physically active stages of life, pregnancy and adolescence, put the pregnant adolescent under a lot of stress. Adolescence is a crucial era in women’s nutrition that is frequently overlooked.
This study aimed to explore dietary perceptions, beliefs and practices among pregnant Adolescents in West Arsi, Central Ethiopia.
A qualitative method, specifically, a phenomenological research design, was carried out from February to March 2023.
This study was conducted in the West Arsi zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, in four randomly selected districts.
Thirty participants, 12 pregnant adolescents, 8 husbands of pregnant adolescents and 10 healthcare providers were purposefully selected and participated.
In-depth and key informant interviews were conducted. To create relevant codes, subthemes and themes, ATLAS.ti V.7.1 software was used. An inductive qualitative data analysis approach was used. The results were presented using respondents’ clear verbatim and thematic analysis.
The findings were organised into four major themes: (1) low nutritional awareness, (2) poor dietary practice, (3) barriers to good dietary practice and (4) facilitators for good dietary practice. A low perceived severity (one’s belief of the seriousness) of undernutrition and low perceived benefits (one’s belief of the benefits) of balanced nutrition have been reported. A monotonous diet (one type food usually cereal based), no change in dietary practices during pregnancy, and low intake of animal food sources (meat, egg and milk) were found under dietary practices. One of the most striking findings to emerge from this study is the Alliance for Development (AFD), the former Women Development Army, which can be a great facilitator of good dietary practice. Husbands’ involvement in nutrition education and specific nutrition training for healthcare providers are the other facilitators identified in this study. The lack of nutrition education, misconceptions and economic problems are barriers to dietary practices.
This study found a low nutritional awareness and poor dietary practices. Further experimental studies are recommended to assess whether AFD is capable of delivering effective nutrition interventions that improve dietary practice of pregnant.
The study was conducted to assess potential drug–drug interactions (PDDIs) and its determinants among patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy.
An institutional-based cross-sectional study was used. This study was conducted from 1 June 2021 to 15 December 2021, in Northwest Ethiopia oncology centres.
All eligible patients with cancer received a combination of chemotherapy.
The prevalence and severity of PDDIs were evaluated using three drug interaction databases. Characteristics of participants were presented, arranged and summarised using descriptive statistics. The predictors and outcome variables were examined using logistic regression. The cut-off point was a p value of 0.05.
Of 422 patients included in the study, 304 patients were exposed to at least one PDDI with a prevalence of 72.1% (95 % CI: 68% to 76%) using three drug interaction databases. There were varied reports of the severity of PDDI among databases, but the test agreement using the kappa index was 0.57 (95% CI: 0.52 to 0.62, p=0.0001) which is interpreted as a moderate agreement among three databases. Patients aged ≥50 years old had the risk to be exposed to PDDI by odds of 3.1 times (adjusted OR (AOR)=3.1, 95% CI (1.8 to 5.3); p=0.001) as compared with patients
The main finding of this study is the high prevalence of PDDI, signifying the need for strict patient monitoring for PDDIs among patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy. We suggest the use of at least three drug databases for quality screening. Patients with an age ≥50 years old, polypharmacy and comorbidity were significantly associated with PDDIs. The establishment of oncology clinical pharmacists and computerised reminder mechanisms for PDDIs through drug utilisation review is suggested.
Owing to the unavoidable consequences of nutritional transition, the double burden of malnutrition (DBM) is an emerging public health problem. An increasing number of studies have found that Ethiopians face a DBM. However, country-level evidence has not yet been summarised using a scoping review study design.
The main objective of this review was to map the national evidence on DBM in Ethiopia for the implications of research gap identifications.
The population, concept and context approach was used. All age groups, box sexes, all dates of publication and articles in English language focused on DBM conducted in Ethiopia were included.
Primary research articles, systematic reviews, meta-analyses and scoping reviews searched from electronic databases such as PubMed, ScienceDirect, Cochrane Library, Wiley Online Library, Google Scholar and Google were the sources of evidence.
The Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewer’s manual was used as a review methodology. The authors, publication year, region, study design, sample size, population group, measured outcomes and main findings were charted in a table.
A total of 35 articles met the inclusion criteria among 124 426 participants. The average summarised prevalence of DBM was 33.6%, with the average proportions of undernutrition and overnutrition at 21.5% and 12.1%, respectively. The major factors that influenced the DBM were categorised as child, maternal, adolescent, household and adult-related factors.
In Ethiopia, the overall prevalence of DBM is high, which makes one-third of the population affected by DBM. The foremost determinant factors that influenced the DBM were characterised as child, maternal, adolescent, household and adult-related factors. Therefore, a double-duty interventions should be used to address DBM, considering multilevel factors at the individual, community and societal levels.
This review was registered on the figshare website on 28 February 2021, with DOI number https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14131874. The review protocol was published with a DOI number
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