There are about 279 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Ethiopia. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
This study aimed to examine the effect of Male Involvement in Family Planning Education on Contraceptive Use Among Married Couples in the Pastoralist Community of Fentale District, Eastern Ethiopia.
The study is a case report on penile and testicular self-amputation. We didn't assign a drug of intervention. We tried to describe about this rare phenomenon by observation of the presentation and outcome.
Background: Birth before arrival is defined as unplanned deliveries without the attendance of skilled personnel just before arrival to a health facility. It constitutes a high-risk newborn population and has high perinatal morbidity and mortality. In Ethiopia, most studies and health surveys done, only look at home and hospital deliveries but do not consider deliveries taking place between the house and health facility. The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of birth before arrival and its associated factors among postpartum women in Lemo woreda, Hadiya zone, SNNPR Ethiopia, 2023. Methods: Community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among postpartum women in Lemo woreda, Hadiya zone, SNNPR Ethiopia from April, 05 to May 20, 2023. Three hundred eighty-two postpartum women who gave birth six months preceding this study were included. Twelve out of 36 kebeles were selected randomly and simple random sampling was employed for the selection of participant women. Interviewer-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. A binary logistic regression analysis was computed and variables with a p-value of < 0.25 were recruited to the final multivariable logistic regression analysis. Model fitness was checked using Hosmer and Lemeshow goodness of fit test (x2 = 16.04, p-value = 0.250). Statistical significance was declared using odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals at p-value < 0.05. Result: The prevalence of birth before arrival among women who gave birth in the last six months preceding this study in the study area was 15.2% (95%CI: 11.8%, 19.1%). In the multi-variable analysis, the variables found to have an association with birth before arrival in the final model were having no antenatal care (AOR = 2.63; 95%CI: 1.23, 5.63), dependent women autonomy status (AOR = 3.32; 95%CI: 1.12, 9.89), being not knowledgeable about labor symptoms (AOR = 2.15; 95%CI: 1.11, 4.18), and having birth preparedness towards index birth (AOR = 0.13; 95%CI: 0.05, 0.35). Conclusion: The prevalence of birth before arrival in the study area was unacceptably high. A statistically significant association was seen between birth before arrival and having no antenatal care, dependent women's autonomy status, being not knowledgeable about labor symptoms, and having birth preparedness towards index birth. Intervening to avert birth before arrival through effective antenatal care programs and enhancing women's autonomy may help to reduce birth before arrival and its adverse perinatal outcomes.
Perforated peptic ulcer disease (PPUD) is series illness that need emergency intervention. Its overall clinical profile and treatment outcome was also not well studied in developing countries. Therefore the study was aimed to see the outcome of surgical intervention and associated factors. The study was a retrospective observational study conducted using the medical records of patients operated on for perforated peptic ulcer disease at a multicenter, in eastern Ethiopia.
Our study is a case report of one of the rarest risk factor, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, of small bowel malignancy detected in a patient with poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of small bowel(jejunum)
Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of human immune deficiency virus (HIV) program requires great male participation in achieving a sustained reduction of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Many strategies have been employed to promote male participation in antenatal care but few have been assessed to convey important lessons for scale-up. In Ethiopia, though there is no evidence on its effectiveness, letter of invitation has been tried as a means to promote participation of men in PMTCT program at antenatal care. The study is carried out in two public hospitals to evaluate the effect of letter of invitation delivered through mother support group counselling on male involvement at antenatal care clinic. The findings of this study will directly benefit pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in utilizing PMTCT service effectively. The formal letter of invitation proposed may be incorporated by health service provider in their routine antenatal clinic. It will also help the policy makers to give greater priority to reach and involve men, and to develop effective policies as well as programs to overcome the challenges. Thus, an increase in the uptake of PMTCT services will ultimately lead to a reduction in pediatrics HIV infection.
The goal of this randomised study is comparison of wire assisted balloon mitral valvulotomy to standard Inoue balloon technique on patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis. The main question it aims to answer is whether procedure time is reduced using the wire assisted method. Participants will be randomized to one of the two methods.
The goal of this interventional study was to assess the impact of medication therapy management on treatment outcomes and medication adherence among adult patients comorbid with diabetes mellitus and hypertension at outpatient clinics in Southwest Ethiopia. The patients attending hospitals assigned to interventional group received medication therapy management services in addition to usual care.
Postoperative pain is poorly studied in developing countries. Severe pain after surgery remains a major problem, occurring in 50% to 70% of the patients. Differences exist across countries. Despite numerous published studies, the degree of pain following many types of surgery in everyday clinical practice is unknown. To improve postoperative pain treatment and develop procedure-specific, optimized pain-treatment protocols, the prevalence and severity of postoperative pain must first be identified. This study aimed to determine the incidence and intensity of acute postoperative pain, to identify populations associated with a higher risk in order to guide resource allocation, and to investigate whether inexpensive analgesic modalities are currently utilized maximally.
Management of a "difficult airway" remains one of the most relevant and challenging tasks for anesthesiologists and pulmonary physicians. Tracheal stenosis is not common but serious complication of prolonged intubation and tracheostomy patients. The incidence of stenosis is very low if intubation lasts less than a week and patients may be asymptomatic for a long time. On presentation, tracheal stenosis may be mistaken for asthma with dyspnea and stridor. The choice of treatment depends on the site, grade, and length of stenosis, as well as on patient comorbidities, history of previous interventions, and the expertise of the surgical team. In this case report the investigators wanted to present a case of a 25-year-old female with post-intubation tracheal stenosis who was intubated for the management of severe preeclampsia.