Magnitude of Neonatal Jaundice and its associated risk factors

By Amha Fikadu and Lakachew Nigate

Neonatal jaundice is one of the most common clinical disorders occurred worldwide. About 1.1 million neonates develop jaundice per year globally and the vast majority of them found in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the Magnitude of neonatal jaundice and associated factors among neonates admitted at Zewditu memorial hospital and Ghandi memorial hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2022. Methods: - Hospital based retrospective cross-sectional study design was conducted and systematic random sampling techniques were employed. A total of 210 samples were drowning proportionally from the study hospitals. The Data was collected by prepared structured and pretested interviewer guided questionnaire and Checklist and the instrument tool was Adopted and modified after review different literature. Data were cleaned manually, coded, and entered into Epi-Data version7.1 and Analyzed by SPSS version 21 statistical software. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression Analyses were employed to identify associated factors for neonatal jaundice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6205513471
• ISBN13: 9786205513477
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"