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ArticleJournal of tropical medicine2019

Prevalence and Risk Factors of

Phoebe Aitila, Michael Mutyaba, Simon Okeny, Maurice Ndawula Kasule, Rashid Kasule, Frank Ssedyabane, Benson Okongo, Richard Onyuthi Apecu, Enoch Muwanguzi, Caesar Oyet

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Article in Journal of tropical medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Phoebe AitilaMbarara University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, P.O. Box 1410, Mbarara, Uganda.
Michael MutyabaMbarara University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, P.O. Box 1410, Mbarara, Uganda.
Simon OkenyMbarara University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, P.O. Box 1410, Mbarara, Uganda.
Maurice Ndawula KasuleMbarara University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, P.O. Box 1410, Mbarara, Uganda.
Rashid KasuleMbarara University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, P.O. Box 1410, Mbarara, Uganda.
Frank SsedyabaneMbarara University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, P.O. Box 1410, Mbarara, Uganda.
Benson OkongoMbarara University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, P.O. Box 1410, Mbarara, Uganda.ORCID 0000-0001-6624-257X
Richard Onyuthi ApecuMbarara University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, P.O. Box 1410, Mbarara, Uganda.ORCID 0000-0001-8942-3066
Enoch MuwanguziMbarara University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, P.O. Box 1410, Mbarara, Uganda.
Caesar OyetMbarara University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, P.O. Box 1410, Mbarara, Uganda.ORCID 0000-0003-2745-059X
Mbarara University of Science and Technology · UG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background

methodsThe study was approved by Institutional Review Committee of Mbarara University of Science and Technology. After obtaining informed consent from parents/legal guardians, illegible children who presented with gastrointestinal complaints at Holy Innocents Children's Hospital were recruited; structured questionnaires were administered to the parents/guardians to collect information on sociodemographic data and risk factors of

resultsThe prevalence of

conclusionThe prevalence of

Identifiers

PMID30984271
PMCPMC6431523
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