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Abraha-G Woldemariam
Department of Health Science, Aksum University, Axum, Ethiopia
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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»