Prevalence Of Anemia And Its Associated Factors Among Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Attending Public Hospitals Of Addis Ababa

Background: Anemia is a global public health problem with high mortality and morbidity. Itrnis becoming more prevalent in Ethiopia, but there are very limited researches regarding thernprevalence and associated factors of the disease in general and particularly among ChronicrnKidney Disease (CKD) patients. Understanding the situation in Addis Ababa would help tornuse as an input for the country level efforts. rnObjectives: The aim of this study was to assess prevalence and associated factors of Anemiarnamong chronic kidney disease patient that attend public hospitals of Addis Ababa betweenrnFebruary 15- May 15/2020. rnMethods: Hospital based cross sectional study was conducted at 3 public hospitals in 387rnCKD patients. The hospitals were Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Zewditu MemorialrnHospital and St. Paul Hospital. Proportion to population size was applied to determine thernproportion of participants from the study areas based on the number of chronic kidney diseasernpatients that attended the hospitals in the month of November. The bivariate analysis wasrnexported to multivariate analysis when P

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