Cato Kjærvik, Jan-Erik Gjertsen, Eva Stensland, Eva H Dybvik, Odd Soereide
Patient-reported outcome measures in hip fracture patients
The bone & joint journal
despite implementation different nutritional nonnutritional interventions 43 reproductiveage women africa suffer anemia recent evidence also shows none subsaharan african ssa countries track achieve nutrition target 50 anemia reduction 2030 date information level anemia determinants among reproductiveage women ssa level limited thus study aimed estimate pooled prevalence anemia level determinants ssa countries used pooled data 205627 reproductiveage women recent demographic health surveys 29 ssa countries conducted 20102021 multilevel mixedeffects analysis ordered logistic regression model fitted identify determinants anemia level deviance value used select bestfitted model first bivariable ordinal logistic regression analysis done proportional odds assumption checked explanatory variable using brant test finally multivariable multilevel ordinal logistic regression model pvalue005 aor corresponding 95 ci used identify determinants anemia level analyses done using stata version 17 software pooled prevalence anemia among women reproductive age ssa 405 95 ci 402407 248 95 ci 246250 111 95 ci 109112 08 95 ci 0708 mild moderate severe anemia respectively prevalence significantly varied lowest 13 rwanda highest 62 mali anemia found severe public health problem prevalence 40 18 countries regression result revealed polygamous marriage women husband illiteracy poor household wealth shorter birth interval nonattendance antenatal care underweight unimproved toilet water facilities low communitylevel women literacy positively linked high anemia level additionally likelihood anemia lower women overweight used modern contraception overall results showed anemia among women reproductive age severe public health problem ssa countries affecting four ten women thus enhancing access maternal health services antenatal care contraception improved sanitation facilities would supplement existing interventions targeted reduce anemia moreover strengthening womens education policies regulating prohibition polygamous marriage important address operational constraints