Browsing by Author "Mamo, Ephrem"

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    Assessment of Metabolic Syndrome Among Government Offices Workers of Some Randomly Selected Offices in Aksum Town, Central Zone, Tigray Region, Ethiopia
    (Addis Abeba University, 2021-08) Mamo, Ephrem; Dr. Gizawe, Solomon Tebeje( Assistant Professor); Dr.Gebre, Solomon Genet( Assistant Professor); Abrar, Mohammed Mehdi(PhD Candidate )
    Background: Metabolic syndrome is a serious public health concern that describes a cluster of disorders and is associated with several health problems. The global prevalence of metabolic syndrome has increased dramatically in the past decade, workplace which directly influence the physical, mental and social well-being of employees are considered important environmental and social determinants for risk of metabolic syndrome. Therefore, biochemical profiling of these population is required. Objectives: This study aimed to assess the association between working environment and metabolic syndrome among workers in Aksum town, central zone, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted from September, 2020 to August, 2021 in Aksum town. A standard questionnaire was used to collect data on socio-demographic variables. Biochemical analysis was done using COBAS C 311 analyzer for the determination of lipid profile, fasting blood glucose and anthropometric measurements. The data were interred into SPSS version 25 and binary logistic regression and linear regression were analyzed to evaluate the association between variables. If P. value ≤ 0.05, it is considered as statistical significance. Result: The findings of this study showed that the magnitude of metabolic syndrome was 16.0% (13% government office workers & 3% Daily laborers). The most common metabolic syndrome components among government office workers reduced high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol were 19%, hypertriglyceridemia was 22% & hypertension was 24%, had significant positively associated with a higher risk of metabolic syndrome (P< 0.05). Hyperglycemia were 18% and abnormality of body mass index was 30% frequently found in government office workers (P >0.05). Government office workers 35% had less vigorous physical activity level, 38% had less type of olive oil used for cooking & 27% had less than 3 serving of fruits and vegetables per week as compared to daily laborers (P< 0.05). Conclusion: In this study, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome was (16%), 13% of government office workers had a higher comparable to 3% of daily laborers. Metabolic syndrome was more common in government office workers, urban population and with advancing age, by hypertension, dyslipidemia and central obesity were the most frequent components of metabolic syndrome.
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    Determinant Factors of Womens towards Modern Health Care Seeking Behavior for Childhood Diarrheal Disease in Hetosa District, Arsi Zone
    (Addis Abeba Universty, 2011-05) Mamo, Ephrem; Worku, Alemayehu(PhD)
    Background: Diarrheal disease remains one of the principal causes of morbidity and mortality in children of developing countries. One major reason for the poor outcomes of diarrheal episodes is the mother’s treatment of diarrheal disease at her home and the kind of modern treatment she seeks. Objectives: To assess mothers’ modern health care seeking behavior and its determinants for childhood diarrheal illnesses in Hetosa District,Arsi Zone, Oromia region. Methods: a comparative cross sectional study was conducted from December 2010-January 2011 in Hetosa Woreda, Arsi zone, Oromia region. The study participants were 434 mothers/caretakers who had at least one under five years old child with diarrhea in the previous four weeks and selected from eight kebeles and one town. Data were collected using structured questionnaire and entered through Epi enfo version 3.5.1 and analyzed by SPSS version 16. A distractive statistics, bivarate and multivariate analysis was done using cross tabulation and binary logistic regressions. Results: the study revealed that residence, excretal disposal method, income, distance of health care facilities and educational status of the mothers or care takers were significantly associated with mother’s modern treatment seeking behavior. Mothers who live in urban were four and half times sought modern treatment than rural dwellers, [OR(95%CI)=4.49(2.07, 9.7)].Mothers of those grade 9-12 were nine times more likely to seek modern treatment than illiterate one[OR(95%CI)=8.88(1.15, 68.6)]. Those households used latrine and income greater than 500 per month were 4.6 and 3.3 times more likely to seek modern treatment than who use open field and earn less than 500 Ethiopian birr respectively,[OR(95%CI)=4.62(1.84,11.6)]and [OR(95%CI)=3.31(1.45, 7.54)]. Concerning the composition of fluid given, only 38.8% of the mothers used oral rehydration therapy (ORT) (ORS and RHF) while the rest of them gave soup (36.2%) and others (25.2%) such as plain water, tea, raw milk and traditional remedies which are generally not as such helpful for the diarrheal child. Conclusion: Majority of study mothers perceived that contaminated food is the major cause of childhood diarrhea. But there were mothers perception on childhood diarrhea those not treated by modern treatment. Regarding Mothers seeking behavior of modern treatment mothers who live in urban was more likely seek modern treatment than rural dwellers.