Department of Biomedical science, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia
 Research Article   
								
																Prevalence and Associated Factors of Anemia among People with Cancer in ACSH, Tigray, Ethiopia 
																Author(s): Abraha-G Woldemariam*, Asgele Tsehaye, Wendyefraw Mokonen, Kinfe Tsehaye, Mebratom Zeru, Abel Hagos, Gebriela Tsegay, Yemane Birhane and Guesh Teklu             
								
																
						 Background: Anemia is becoming a tricky health problem among people suffering from different types of cancer.
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of anemia among people with
  cancer.
Methods: An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted from January to June 2020 in ACSH, Tigray,
  Ethiopia. Medical records were systematically reviewed to get demographic and clinical characteristics of 72 study
  subjects. Data were entered to SPSSv25 and descriptive analysis, logistic regression, independent sample T test and
  ANOVA were used for analysis.
Results: About 45.8% of study subjects with different types of cancer were found to have anemia. Unemployment
  (OR=2.167; 95%CI: 1.093, 4.294; p=0.027), rural residence (OR=3.750; 95%CI: 1.2.. View more»