Magnitude and Predictors of Pneumonia among Under-Five Children in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Joint Authors

Alamneh, Yoseph Merkeb
Adane, Fentahun

Source

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Issue

Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-9, 9 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2020-05-30

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

9

Main Subjects

Public Health
Medicine

Abstract EN

Background.

Pneumonia is currently the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among under-five children in developing countries, including Ethiopia.

Although these problems are easily preventable and treatable, it contributes to more than 18% of deaths of under-five children every year in Ethiopia.

Regardless of these facts, there is a paucity of information regarding the magnitude and its predictors of pneumonia in Ethiopia.

Therefore, the main objective of this review is to determine the pooled magnitude of pneumonia and its predictors among under-five children in Ethiopia.

Methods.

The international databases such as MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE, Google Scholar, and Science Direct were scientifically explored.

Articles were also searched by examining the gray literature on institutional databases and by reviewing reference lists of already identified articles.

We considered all primary studies reporting the magnitude of pneumonia among under-five children and its predictors in Ethiopia.

We retrieved all necessary data by using a standardized data extraction format spreadsheet.

STATA 14 statistical software was used to analyze the data, and Cochrane’s Q test statistics and I2 test were used to assess the heterogeneity between the studies.

Significant variability was found between the studies in such a way that a random-effect model was used.

Result.

The pooled magnitude of pneumonia among under-five children was 20.68% (I2 = 97.9%; P≤0.001) out of 12 studies in Ethiopia.

Children who have unvaccinated (OR = 2.45), food cooking in the main house (OR = 2.46), vitamin A supplementation status (OR = 2.85), malnutrition (OR = 2.98), mixed breastfeeding (OR = 2.46), and child history of respiratory tract infection (OR = 4.11) were potential determinates of pneumonia.

Conclusion and Recommendations.

This review showed that the magnitude of pneumonia was relatively high.

Hence, appropriate intervention on potential determinates such as health education on exclusive breastfeeding and nutrition, place of food cooking, increased immunization and vitamin A supplementation, and early control of respiratory tract infection was recommended to prevent those risk factors.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Alamneh, Yoseph Merkeb& Adane, Fentahun. 2020. Magnitude and Predictors of Pneumonia among Under-Five Children in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Environmental and Public Health،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184191

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Alamneh, Yoseph Merkeb& Adane, Fentahun. Magnitude and Predictors of Pneumonia among Under-Five Children in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Environmental and Public Health No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184191

American Medical Association (AMA)

Alamneh, Yoseph Merkeb& Adane, Fentahun. Magnitude and Predictors of Pneumonia among Under-Five Children in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1184191

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1184191