Zinc utilisation, trends, and predictors among under-five children with diarrhoea in Ethiopia: A pooled analysis.

ABSTRACT: Zinc has a significant benefit in saving children's lives. It decreases severity, diarrhoeal duration, and death rates. However, evidence on zinc utilisation, trends, and predictors among under-five children with diarrhoea in Ethiopia was sparse and inconclusive. This study aimed to assess the pooled zinc utilisation, trends, and predictors among under-five children with diarrhoea in Ethiopia. This study used Ethiopian demographic and health survey (EDHS-2005-2016) data with a total weighted sample size of 29,525 among under-five children with diarrhea. A multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression analysis was used to identify predictors of zinc utilisation. An adjusted odds ratio (AOR) along with a 95% confidence interval (CI) was used to estimate the strength of the association. The po

SUBMITTER: Beressa G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11575758 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature