Prevalence Of Anemia And Associated Factors Among Newly Diagnosed Patients With Solid Malignancy At Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital Radiotherapy Center Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Background: Anemia is a common finding in cancer, which is caused by many factors. It is arnmajor cause of morbidity in cancer patients resulting in impaired organ function, reduced health-rnrelated quality of life, aggressive tumor behavior, lower sensitivity to chemotherapy andrnradiotherapy, even shorter survival; however, little is known about the prevalence of anemia andrnassociated factors among cancer patients during diagnosis in developing countries like Ethiopia.rnObjective: To assess the prevalence of anemia and associated factors among newly diagnosedrnpatients with solid malignancy at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Radiotherapy center,rnAddis Ababa, Ethiopia.rnMethods: Descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from April - May, 2014 G.C. Arntotal of 422 newly diagnosed patients with solid malignancy attending Radiotherapy center,rnTASH were enrolled to assess anemia prevalence and associated factors. Data was coded,rnentered and analyzed using SPSS version 16. Univariate analysis was applied to computerndescriptive statistics for many variables. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regressions were alsornused to examine the effect of selected variables on prevalence of anemia and severity of anemiarnby the help of Odds ratio (OR) with 95% Confidence Interval (CI). P-Value < 0.05 was taken asrnstatistically significant. Variables that showed statistically significant association (p

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