Prasannah Prabhakharan, Joanne M Bennett, Alexandra Hurden, David Crundall
The efficacy of hazard perception training and education: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Accident; analysis and prevention
occurrence longlasting comorbidities makes cancer management treatment challenging overlapping poor prognosis however data show burden chronic cases patients cancer ethiopia therefore study aimed assess burden factors associated chronic disease comorbidity among cancer patients eastern part ethiopia crosssectional study conducted 422 patients cancer admitted cancer treatment center eastern ethiopia simple random sampling technique employed select study participants data extracted patients medical records using checklist collected data entered epidata statistical software version 31 exported stata version 17 analysis bivariate multivariate logistic regressions used assess association outcomes independent variables finally adjusted odds ratios aors 95 confidence intervals cis reported statistical significance factors indicated pvalue 005 422 eligible medical records identified 419 993 included analysis total 230 548 95ci 500596 patients cancer presented one chronic diseases comorbidities anemia hypertension cardiovascular disease common diseases reported obesity admission aor 191 95ci 110361 significant association occurrence comorbidities among patients cancer overall prevalence comorbidity among patients cancer relatively lower reported previous studies obese significantly associated occurrence comorbidities attention given burden chronic comorbidities among patients cancer researching formulating policies improving community literacy manage comorbidities thus interventions weight reduction early detection treatment comorbidities could limit complications lower incidence comorbidities