Prevalence and Associated Factors of Acute Lower RespiRatory Infection among under Five Children, Yeka Sub City, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
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2017-06
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Addis Abeba Universty
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Background: Acute lower respiratory tract infections in developing countries cause considerable
morbidity, hospitalization and mortality in children aged under five years. In Ethiopia acute respiratory
infection is the leading causes of under-five mortality which accounts for 18% of total death among under
five children.
Objective:To assess risk factors associated with acute lower respiratory infection among under five
children in Yeka sub city, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.
Methods: community based cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample size of 447. Data was
collected by interview, entered to EPI data version 3.1, and was exported to SPSS version 22 for analysis.
Descriptive statistics using frequencies, proportion and tables were used to present the study results.
Binary logistic regression analysis was employed to see association between acute lower respiratory
infection and different risk factors. To evaluate the association and adjusted odds ratio with 95%
confidence interval were computed.
Results: The prevalence of acute lower respiratory tract infection was 4.6%. Evidence from this study
also showed that house hold with window (AOR=0.2, 95% CI: 0.1-0.6, p-value=0.002) and family size of
less than five children (AOR=0.1, 95% CI: 0.01-0.6, p-value=0.01) were preventive risk factors.
Conclusions and recommendations: The prevalence of acute lower respiratory infection was low. This
study has demonstrated that the preventive factors for acute lower respiratory infection were maternal
education to primary or secondary level, household with window and less than five children in the
household. These risk factors can be modified by encouraging and increasing community awareness for
child spacing and increase and promote female education.
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Acute Lower