Chronic diseases multi-morbidity among adult patients at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-communicable chronic diseases (NCCDs) multi-morbidity is becoming one of the public health problems in Ethiopia. The objective of this study was to describe the prevalence of NCCDs and multi-morbidity among adult patients at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital (HUCSH).

Methods

Between January and February 2016, a cross-sectional study was carried out among patients aged ⩾ 18 years attending the outpatient department of the hospital. Trained nurses interviewed patients and reviewed medical records. Multi-morbidity was defined as the coexistence of two or more NCCDs in an individual.

Results

Two hundred twenty seven (55.2%) of the respondents had at least one of the NCCDs and 73 (17.8%) of them had multi-morbidity. The commonest diseases

SUBMITTER: Woldesemayat EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5853145 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature