Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35646352›Full record

ArticleSAGE open medicine2022

Undernutrition among khat-chewer and non-chewer lactating women in Chiro district, eastern Ethiopia: Comparative cross-sectional study.

Selamu Minas, Behailu Hawulte Ayele, Mekonnen Sisay, Sagni Girma Fage

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in SAGE open medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Selamu MinasWest Hararghe Zonal Health Department, Chiro, Ethiopia.
Behailu Hawulte AyeleSchool of Public Health, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6023-7542
Mekonnen SisaySchool of Pharmacy, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6611-1174
Sagni Girma FageSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3858-190X
Haramaya University · ETAmhara Regional Health Bureau · ET

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: This study aims to assess the prevalence of undernutrition and factors associated with it among khat-chewer and non-chewer lactating women at Chiro district, west Hararghe zone, eastern Ethiopia. Methods: A community-based comparative cross-sectional study was conducted among 446 (223 khat chewers and 223 non-chewers) randomly selected lactating women who have children aged 6 and 23 months. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews using structured questionnaires followed by weight and height measurements to calculate and categorize nutritional status based on body mass index (kg/m Results: The overall prevalence of undernutrition among lactating women was 30.7% (95% confidence interval = 26.6, 35.2). Undernutrition was significantly higher among khat chewers, 39.0% (95% confidence interval = 32.8, 45.6) than non-chewers, 22.4% (95% confidence interval = 17.4, 28.4), (χ Conclusion: The overall prevalence of undernutrition is higher than previous studies and is alarming among khat-chewer lactating mothers. Thus, nutritional and public health interventions should target khat-chewer lactating mothers particularly focusing on daily chewer either to improve their dietary practice during and after chewing or to stop khat chewing if possible, in order to reduce the effect of khat on food absorption. Besides, improving latrine coverage and use, and prevention of early pregnancy are of paramount importance in reducing undernutrition among lactating mothers.

Indexed as

Chiroeastern Ethiopiakhat chewinglactating womenUndernutrition

Identifiers

PMID35646352
PMCPMC9136449
OpenAlexW4285123994

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.