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{"title":"Occupational-Related Injuries and Associated Risk Factors Among Healthcare Workers Working in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Desi Debelu,&nbsp;Dechasa Adare Mengistu,&nbsp;Sina Temesgen Tolera,&nbsp;Alemayehu Aschalew,&nbsp;Wegene Deriba","doi":"10.1177/23333928231192834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23333928231192834","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Occupational-related diseases or illnesses account for an estimated 2.4 million deaths worldwide every year. Currently, occupational hazards threaten healthcare workers' (HCWs) lives, safety, and well-being. Therefore, providing the prevalence and major causes of occupational-related diseases may enable injury reduction and the creation of safer working environments, which are important for providing higher quality services. The current study aimed to determine the prevalence of occupational-related injuries and associated risk factors among HCWs, particularly in developing countries.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The articles published in English were retrieved using a combination of Boolean logic operators (AND, OR, and NOT), Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), and keywords in electronic databases (SCOPUS/Science Direct, Web of Science, DOAJ, PubMed/MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Google Scholars). Using Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal tools, a quality assessment was conducted to determine the articles' relevance. In addition, the relevant articles were identified through a series of assessment and evaluation stages.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>About 721 studies were searched using electronic databases, of which 36 articles included 139,578 HCWs. The average prevalence of occupational-related injuries among HCWs in the career and previous last year accounted for 60.17%, ranged from 32% to 87.8% and 39.16%, ranged from 1.14% to 87%, respectively. The current study found that sex and hours worked, stress at work, occupation, age, training in infection prevention, use of universal precautions, recapping needles, ward work experience, staffing and resource adequacy, awareness, outdated guidelines, and previous exposure to sharp injury were statistically associated with occupational-related injuries.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study revealed that 39% and 60% of HCWs experienced occupational-related injuries in the last year and during their career, respectively. Therefore, the appropriate measures must be taken to reduce the burden of occupational-related injuries by following standard precautions or occupational health and safety measures.</p>","PeriodicalId":12951,"journal":{"name":"Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology","volume":"10 ","pages":"23333928231192834"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/25/99/10.1177_23333928231192834.PMC10447255.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10304043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Location Factors Impact the Career Choice of German Dental Practitioners - An Empirical Analytical Approach to Multi-Criteria Decision-Making.","authors":"David Stein","doi":"10.1177/23333928231186215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23333928231186215","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>In light of the increasing number of employed dentists and the decreasing rate of self-employed dentists, the factors that impact the decision to set up a dental office in Germany were investigated. Central to this approach is the provision of comprehensive dental care.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using a pairwise comparison technique, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), location factors identified as relevant in a systematic literature review and then prioritized by the professionals were weighted and ranked.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>According to this, five factors generally dominate the decision to open a dental office. These are, in descending order: environment for the family, quality of life in the private environment, real income, perception of location, and good infrastructure. The strongest impact on the rank order of the influencing factors is the socio-demographic characteristic of gender. For female dentists, the family environment is in the first place (p  =  .3196/C.R.  =  0.1502). For male colleagues, this influence ranks third (p  =  .1550/C.R.  =  0.1468) and real income receives the first place (p  =  .244/C.R.  =  0.1468). For female dentists, the influence of income ranks fifth (p  =  .076/C.R.  =  0.1502). Female and male dentists who grew up in rural areas were less likely to prefer employment (13.6%) than subjects of urban origin (40.2%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The method of AHP is a way to map a priority list of all relevant factors. It can successfully show variations related to specific personal attributes. Obviously, there are factors that are of greater importance for the decision-making process to set up a dental office.</p>","PeriodicalId":12951,"journal":{"name":"Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology","volume":"10 ","pages":"23333928231186215"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/a1/57/10.1177_23333928231186215.PMC10350783.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9836329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluating the Impact of Youth Early Sport Specialization on Injury: An Evolution in Measurement.","authors":"Todd Rockwood,&nbsp;Nicholas M Edwards,&nbsp;Bradley Nelson,&nbsp;Julie Agel","doi":"10.1177/23333928231176207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23333928231176207","url":null,"abstract":"Objective To track youth sports participation and injury occurrence accurately and longitudinally. Results An online survey tool that captures sports participation, frequency, level of competition, and tracks injury occurrence has been developed. The survey allows for longitudinal tracking of sports participation to evaluate the change from recreational to highly specialized sports participation. To maximize the utility of this research tool we identified swimmer plots which allow for clear visualization of the data as the best method for graphical representation. Implication Longitudinal measurement of sports participation to evaluate the impact of early sports specialization on injury is feasible with this tool and enhanced by the swimmer plots for visualization.","PeriodicalId":12951,"journal":{"name":"Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology","volume":"10 ","pages":"23333928231176207"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/41/7a/10.1177_23333928231176207.PMC10209588.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10645865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sanitary and Hygienic Status and Associated Factors Among Food and Drinking Establishments of Burayu Town, Oromia, Ethiopia.","authors":"Alqeer Aliyo,&nbsp;Jonse Daba,&nbsp;Menelik Legese","doi":"10.1177/23333928221144553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23333928221144553","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Foodborne diseases (FBDs) are a major public health concern in both developed and developing countries, as they comprise a broad spectrum of diseases and account for a significant proportion of morbidities and mortalities worldwide. In Ethiopia, the food and drinking establishments contribute to the incidence of foodborne diseases often associated with outbreaks that end up threatening global public health security.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess sanitation and hygienic status and associated factors among food and drinking establishments in Burayu town, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2022.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An institution-based cross-sectional study design with a systematic sampling technique was used. Data were collected from 257 food and drinking establishments' managers/owners using questionnaires and observational checklists<b>.</b> Data were entered by Epi data version 3.1 and exported to BIM SPSS version 21 for data analyses. Both descriptive and analytic statistics were employed. Statistical significance was considered at a P value less than 0.05 at a 95% confidence interval.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study revealed that 47.9% of the food and drinking establishments were in poor sanitation and hygienic status. The study showed that male managers (AOR: 9.29, 95% CI: 2.97-21.14), managers less than 40 years old (AOR: 1.24, 95% CI: 1.03-4.36), more than five years services (AOR: 3.66, 95% CI: 1.66-8.07), lack of clean basin (AOR: 2.92, 95% CI: 0.10-11.47), absence of liquid waste drainage system installations (AOR: 3.26, 95% CI: 0.12-0.62) were significantly associated with poor sanitation and hygienic status of food and drinking establishments.</p><p><strong>Conclusion and recommendation: </strong>The findings indicated that high prevalence of poor sanitation and hygienic status of the food and drinking establishments. Therefore, the establishments should avail waste drainage system, clean basin, renew the establishment providing the service for many years and encourage female empowerment to fulfill and maintain sanitation and hygienic status of their establishments.</p>","PeriodicalId":12951,"journal":{"name":"Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology","volume":"10 ","pages":"23333928221144553"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/8a/0f/10.1177_23333928221144553.PMC9940228.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10771102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Time and Motion at the Endoscopy Unit-A University Hospital Experience.","authors":"Simon Söderberg,&nbsp;Nils Nyhlin,&nbsp;Axelina Moro,&nbsp;Christina Figaro,&nbsp;Emelie Fransson,&nbsp;Jennie Stefansdotter,&nbsp;Malin Schagerström,&nbsp;Maria Lindblad,&nbsp;Martin Ahlzén,&nbsp;Olga Zukovets,&nbsp;Sofia Borell,&nbsp;Viktoria Johansson,&nbsp;Marianne Axman,&nbsp;Anette Wendt,&nbsp;Hanna Falck,&nbsp;Michiel A van Nieuwenhoven","doi":"10.1177/23333928231159808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23333928231159808","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/aims: </strong>An effective workflow at the endoscopy unit is important for optimal production. We conducted a time-and-motion study to identify the amount of time that patients spend during the different steps of a regular endoscopy procedure and compared propofol with midazolam sedation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from 376 patients were prospectively collected. Durations of the different procedure steps were measured. Correlations between recovery times, age, and dose of sedative were calculated. Multiple regression analysis was performed to evaluate how various factors affect recovery time.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The use of midazolam resulted in significantly shorter procedure duration for gastroscopy (5.1 vs 8.3 min), shorter endoscopist delay duration for either types of endoscopy (5.9 vs 8.3 min for gastroscopy and 6.7 vs 11.4 min for colonoscopy), shorter endoscopy room duration for gastroscopy (22.2 vs 30.0 min), shorter recovery time for colonoscopy (23.4 vs 27.4 min) and shorter Endoscopy Unit Duration for either type of endoscopy (77.1 vs 101.4 min for gastroscopy and 99.6 vs 123.2 min for colonoscopy). There was a weak correlation between dose of midazolam and recovery time.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In contrast to other studies, propofol administration leads to more time spent at different steps in the workflow at our unit. Implementing propofol sedation will not improve efficacy if other steps in the workflow are not taken into account.</p>","PeriodicalId":12951,"journal":{"name":"Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology","volume":"10 ","pages":"23333928231159808"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10009022/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9120340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Financial, Occupational and Physical Challenges and Blood Glucose Monitoring in Type 2 Diabetes.","authors":"Jacob Marvin,&nbsp;Nicolette Powe","doi":"10.1177/23333928231154345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23333928231154345","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Blood glucose monitoring effects are changing for people living with type 2 diabetes. However, there is a lack of recent data surrounding financial, occupational, or physical stressors that affect the adherence of diabetes self-management practices. This article looks to examine specific financial, physical, and occupational challenges in adherence to blood glucose monitoring in type 2 diabetes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017-2020 Pre-Pandemic data of adults 18+ were analyzed. These data were used to examine the relationships between insurance coverage, health status, occupation, and self-monitoring of blood glucose levels in the United States.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This study found that respondents had a statistically significant association with five variables: prescription drug coverage (in-part or full), occupation status, gender, age, and three race subcategories (non-Hispanic White, Black, and Other-Multiracial) with blood glucose monitoring.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study may help certified health education specialists (CHES) and diabetes care and educator specialists (DCES) to better identify which groups of individuals are at highest risk for poor adherence to specific blood glucose monitoring in type 2 diabetes.</p>","PeriodicalId":12951,"journal":{"name":"Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology","volume":"10 ","pages":"23333928231154345"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/8c/0d/10.1177_23333928231154345.PMC9900652.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9237798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Response to \"The Enduring Association of a First Pregnancy Abortion With Subsequent Pregnancy Outcomes: A Longitudinal Cohort Study\".","authors":"Monica Cations,&nbsp;Judith Dwyer","doi":"10.1177/23333928231171122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23333928231171122","url":null,"abstract":"To the Editor, In their recent publication, Studnicki et al examine the association between abortion of a first pregnancy and subsequent pregnancy outcomes among 5453 women receiving Medicaid benefits in seven United States. They conclude that women whose first pregnancy ends with abortion are more likely to end subsequent pregnancies with abortion, and that their health suffers as a result. Here we describe several methodological limitations that, in our view, introduce bias to the research and limit the conclusions that can be drawn from the results. A key conclusion made by Studnicki et al is that “subsequent natural losses among women who had a first-pregnancy abortion were 1.53 times more common than among women whose first pregnancy ended in a live birth and 1.72 times more likely than women whose first pregnancy ended in a natural loss” (p. 3). However, the authors provide no evidence of testing the statistical significance of this difference between groups. The authors note that women who ended their first pregnancy with abortion recorded more pregnancies overall, but again do not assess the statistical significance of this difference or control for this when comparing on natural loss outcomes. These differences may be due to chance. Where statistical comparisons are conducted, major sources of bias are introduced by the omission of essential sociodemographic covariate factors in modelling. There is consistent evidence that sociodemographic factors including race and socio-economic status are associated with pregnancy outcomes. The role of personal views about abortion is also not considered. That a woman who has chosen to end their first pregnancy is more likely to choose to end subsequent pregnancies can be explained by personal attitudes toward pregnancy and childbirth, fertility, domestic violence, lack of social support, racial discrimination, financial limitations, and many other factors. That these were not accounted for in statistical modelling limits the ability to conclude that abortion alone can predict later outcomes. Statistical corrections are also not applied to address the bias introduced by multiple comparisons. In their reporting of the results of logistical regression modelling (Table 2, p. 4), it is unclear which comparator group is used to compare outcomes for those who ended their first pregnancy with abortion. If only women whose first pregnancy ended in birth are used as a comparator group, this may mask factors other than abortion that can explain the observed differences. Alternatively, if the natural loss and birth groups were combined as a comparator group, this combines two groups with important differences and is not consistent with the stated aims of this study (p. 2). Indeed, data about the group of women whose first pregnancy ended in natural loss is not presented in Table 3 about number of subsequent pregnancies. These data would have provided important contextual information about how those whose first p","PeriodicalId":12951,"journal":{"name":"Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology","volume":"10 ","pages":"23333928231171122"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/28/dd/10.1177_23333928231171122.PMC10170587.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10296946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Predictors of Parents' Willingness to Vaccinate Their Children Against COVID-19 in India: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey.","authors":"Narayana Goruntla,&nbsp;M Umaira Ayisha,&nbsp;Manjunath Sreeram","doi":"10.1177/23333928231175798","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23333928231175798","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Parents are more concerned about the available evidence of the safety, efficacy, and tolerability of the pediatric COVID-19 vaccine.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To assess the parents' willingness to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 and associate it with health belief model constructs.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A countrywide, online, self-administered, cross-sectional survey was conducted from December 15, 2021 to March 8, 2022. The HBM approach was used as a theoretical context to assess the predictors of parents' willingness to vaccinate their children against COVID-19.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The majority (1,563; 95.4%) of parents are intended to immunize their children against COVID-19. Parent education, financial status, job, number of children, age-related vaccination status of the child, and household suffering from chronic disorders were significantly associated with a parent's willingness to recommend the COVID-19 vaccine for their children. The findings of HBM constructs indicated that perceived benefits (OR 14.222; 95% CI 7.192-28.124) of the COVID-19 vaccine in children, susceptibility (OR 7.758; 95% CI 3.508-17.155) of children toward COVID-19, and severity (OR 3.820; 95% CI 2.092-6.977) of COVID-19 infection in children were significantly associated with parent acceptance to vaccinate their children. Parents' higher perception of barriers (OR 0.609; 95% CI 0.372-0.999) to vaccination reduces the intention to vaccinate children against COVID-19.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings of our study reveal that the value of HBM constructs in the identification of predictors associated with the parents' willingness to encourage COVID-19 vaccine for their children. It is important to improve health and reduce the barriers to COVID-19 vaccination among Indian parents having children less than 18 years.</p>","PeriodicalId":12951,"journal":{"name":"Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology","volume":"10 ","pages":"23333928231175798"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/d9/f6/10.1177_23333928231175798.PMC10192664.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10301112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Post-Vaccine SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection and Associated Factors Among Health Care Providers in Addis Ababa Public Hospitals, Addis Ababa, 2022: A Cross-Sectional Study.","authors":"Enyew Belay Getahun,&nbsp;Nigisti Mekonnen Kebede,&nbsp;Fidelawit Enyew Belay,&nbsp;Tewodros Setegn Adissu,&nbsp;Zegeye Wubeshet Haile","doi":"10.1177/23333928231194804","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23333928231194804","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background of the study: </strong>The protection against Coronavirus variants 2019 by pre-existing antibodies due to the current vaccination or natural infection is a global concern. In Ethiopia, case reports show that a significant number of health professionals are reported to get re-infected after vaccination. There are also more studies that revealed the symptomatic SARS-COV-2 re-infection, in particular, among healthcare providers actively engaged in Addis Ababa public health facilities.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study has aimed at assessing the magnitude of post-vaccine reinfection of SARS-COV-2 and associated factors among health care providers in Addis Ababa public hospitals, Addis Ababa, 2022 G.C.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from July 11 to July 30, 2022. A total of 422 health professionals were included. A simple random sampling method was employed to select 40% of the total hospitals. Then the total sample size was equally allocated to each selected hospital, and then each individual was selected purposefully. The data was collected using a structured, self-administered questionnaire. The analysis was done using SPSS version 26.0, and for data entry, EPi Info version 7.1 was used. Both bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to determine the p-value.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, 418 healthcare providers were enrolled in this study, making the response rate 99.05%. The magnitude of SARS-COV-2 reinfection was 60 (14.4%) (95% CI 10.8-17.9). Healthcare professionals who took infection prevention (IP) training on COVID-19 (AOR = 7.177: CI = 4.761-9.698) were associated with SARS-COV-2 reinfection; those with a history of chronic respiratory diseases (AOR = 3.029: CI = 2.406-9.133) were associated with SARS-COV-2 reinfection; health professionals who took the third dose of SARS-COV-2 vaccine (AOR = 1.75: CI = 1.14-2.68) and being a midwife were statistically significant.</p><p><strong>Conclusion and recommendation: </strong>This study showed the prevalence of SARS-COV-2 reinfection among vaccinated healthcare providers with a pre-vaccination infection history was high; IP training on COVID-19 was needed; educational status, profession, type of vaccine taken in the first dose, chronic respiratory diseases, and number of vaccinations were significantly associated with SARS-COV-2 reinfection after vaccination. Giving IP training, encouraging taking the vaccine as protocol, and using proper personal protective equipment are recommended.</p>","PeriodicalId":12951,"journal":{"name":"Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology","volume":"10 ","pages":"23333928231194804"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/89/99/10.1177_23333928231194804.PMC10460466.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10304057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care At Public Hospitals in Borena Zone, Southern Ethiopia.","authors":"Abdo Kampe,&nbsp;Moorthy Kannaiyan Abbai,&nbsp;Dagnamyelew Tilahun,&nbsp;Deresse Daka,&nbsp;Alqeer Aliyo,&nbsp;Wako Dedecha,&nbsp;Alo Edin","doi":"10.1177/23333928231161946","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23333928231161946","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the major threats to global health, affecting millions of people each year and causing morbidity and mortality. The risk of acquiring chronic HVV infection varies with age, with 90% of infections acquired during the perinatal period. Despite many studies, there is little evidence of this virus in the Borena Zone.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study was done to assess seroprevalence HBVinfection and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at selected Borena Zone public hospitals from June 1 to September 30, 2022.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-institutional study was conducted on 368 randomly selected pregnant women who received antenatal care at Yabelo General Hospital and Moyale Primary Hospital. Data on sociodemographic and HBV-related factors were collected using a structured questionnaire. A 5 mL blood sample is then taken and tested using a diagnostic method, the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Finally, data were entered using Epidata version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 25 and Stata version 14 for analysis. Independent predictors were identified using logistic regression analysis and <i>P</i> < .05 was considered statistically significant.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The prevalence of HBV infection was 21 (5.7%) (95% confidence interval [CI], 3.74-8.61). History of hospitalization (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] =  3.44, 95% CI, 1.07-11.09), traditional tonsillectomy (AOR =  4.16, 95% CI, 1.29-13.40), history of sexually transmitted infection (AOR = 5.99, 95% CI, 1.81-19.85), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (AOR = 8.28, 95% CI, 1.66-41.41), and alcohol drinking (AOR = 5.08, 95% CI, 1.49-17.31) were independent predictors of HBV infection.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results of this study indicate a moderate prevalence of HBV in selected public hospitals in the Borena Zone. History of hospitalization, traditional tonsillectomy, sexually transmitted infections, HIV, and alcohol use was significantly associated with HBV infection. Therefore, there is a need to conduct health education and more community-based research on disease transmission routes.</p>","PeriodicalId":12951,"journal":{"name":"Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology","volume":"10 ","pages":"23333928231161946"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/4f/cd/10.1177_23333928231161946.PMC10034274.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9192474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}