Umbilical Cord Care Practices and Associated Factor Among Mothers of Neonates Visiting Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital Southwest Ethiopia 2021

Due to unsanitary cord care practices, cord infections are more common and prevalent in developing countries. In settings where mortality is low, dry and clean cord care is recommended for newborns delivered in health facilities or at home. Cord care practices would directly contribute to infection...

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Published in:Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics medicine and therapeutics, 2022-06, Vol.13, p.227-234
Main Authors: Dessalegn, Nigatu, Dagnaw, Yalemtsehay, Seid, Kalid, Wolde, Asrat
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
cord care
Developing countries
Evidence-based medicine
Infants
Infants (Newborn)
Infection
mizan
newborn
Original Research
Patient outcomes
sepsis
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Summary:Due to unsanitary cord care practices, cord infections are more common and prevalent in developing countries. In settings where mortality is low, dry and clean cord care is recommended for newborns delivered in health facilities or at home. Cord care practices would directly contribute to infection in newborns, accounting for a large proportion of millions of annual neonatal deaths. This study aimed to assess the cord care practices of mothers and to identify areas for intervention. An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among mothers of neonates who gave birth in the last six months. Systematic random sampling technique was employed to include women who visited pediatric OPD and immunization clinics. Epi data version 3.1 was used to enter the data and then exported to SPSS version 26 for analysis. The association between the outcome and independent variables was examined using binary logistic regression. The strength of the association was measured using odds ratio (OR), 95% confidence intervals (CI) and p-value. Statistical significance was declared at a p-value
ISSN:1179-9927
1179-9927
DOI:10.2147/PHMT.S363252