Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39211831›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2024

Determinants of severe acute malnutrition among under-five children in Ethiopia: analysis using data from the 2016 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey.

Abriham Shiferaw Areba, Desta Erkalo Abame, Lire Lemma Tirore, Bisrat Feleke Bubamo

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. 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.

Abriham Shiferaw ArebaSchool of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wachemo University, Hosanna, Ethiopia.
Desta Erkalo AbameSchool of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wachemo University, Hosanna, Ethiopia.
Lire Lemma TiroreDepartment of Health Informatics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wachemo University, Hosanna, Ethiopia.
Bisrat Feleke BubamoDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wachemo University, Hosanna, Ethiopia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Malnutrition is a silent killer that is under-reported, under-addressed, and, as a result, emphasized. This study aimed to identify the determinants of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) among under-five children in Ethiopia. Methods: Cross-sectional data from the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) were used. A total of 6,170 under-five children were included in the current analysis. The data were cleaned and analyzed using STATA 14. An adjusted odds ratio (AOR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated to determine the association between factors and outcomes. A Results: A multivariable logistic regression revealed that under-five children with the age of children in months 6-11 (AOR = 1.52, 95% CI: 1.25, 1.86), 12-23 (AOR = 1.98, 95% CI: 1.65, 2.37), and 24-59 months (AOR = 1.71, 95% CI: 1.40, 2.08), birth order between fourth and fifth (AOR = 1.24, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.54), having fever (AOR = 1.31, 95% CI: 1.09, 1.58), anemic children (AOR = 1.21, 95% CI: 1.07, 1.36), age of mothers in years 25-34 (AOR = 0.60, 95% CI: 0.51, 0.72) and 35-49 (AOR = 0.49, 95% CI: 0.39, 0.63), antenatal care (ANC) visits (AOR = 0.83, 95% CI: 0.71, 0.92), rural residence (AOR = 2.98, 95% CI: 2.54, 3.49), and solid fuels users (AOR = 2.46, 95% CI: 1.86, 3.26) were significant predictors. Conclusion: Older age of children, those with higher birth order, those having fever, anemic children, those living in rural areas, and solid fuel users were more likely to suffer from SAM, while older mothers and those having ANC visits had reduced SAM as significant predictors.

Indexed as

Demographic and Health SurveyEthiopiamalnutritionsevere acute malnutritionunder-five children

Identifiers

PMID39211831
PMCPMC11358074

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
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.