Mengistie Diress Yitaye
About
Grants and Awards
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Supervision
Primary Supervisor (Masters) 1. Dereje Esubalew: Hearing Impairment and its Associated Factors among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Amhara Region Referral Hospitals, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2022 2. Tesfamichael Mihret: Anemia and associated factors among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients, in selected Hospitals of South Wollo & Oromia special zones, Northeast Ethiopia, 2022. Co-supervisor (Masters) 1. Mohammed Ebrahim Rike: Hypertension and Its Associated Factors Among Long-Distance Truck Drivers in Ethiopia, 2021 2. Baye Ashenef: Visual impairment and its associated factors among hypertensive patients in Amhara region referral hospitals, Ethiopia, 2021 3. Deresse Sinamaw: Patterns and associated factors of electrocardiographic abnormality among type 2 diabetic patients in Amhara National Regional State Referral Hospitals, Ethiopia, 2021 4. Abdulhanan Abdurahman: Sleep Quality and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Unit at the Referral Hospitals in Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia, 2021
Publication
Journal Articles 1. Diress M, Belsti Y, Getnet M, Fekadu SA, Dagnew B, Akalu Y, Seid MA, Gela YY. Visual impairment and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care units at health institutions in Gondar City Administration, Northwest Ethiopia. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2021 Dec; 21(1):1-9. 2. Diress M, Yeshaw Y, Bantihun M, Dagnew B, Ambelu A, Seid MA, Akalu Y. Refractive error and its associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care unit at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. PLoS One. 2021 Feb 12; 16(2):e0246174. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246174. PMID: 33577552. 3. Amy E Peden, Patricia Cullen, Kate Louise Francis, Holger Moeller, Diress M…Mohammad Zoladl, George C Patton, Rebecca Q Ivers. Adolescent transport and unintentional injuries: a systematic analysis using the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Public Health. 2022 Jun 29:S2468-2667(22)00134-7. Doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00134-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35779567. 4. Rike ME, Diress M, Dagnew B, Getnet M, Hasano Kebalo A, Sinamaw D, Solomon D, Akalu Y. Hypertension and Its Associated Factors Among Long-Distance Truck Drivers in Ethiopia. Integr Blood Press Control. 2022;15:67-79, https://doi.org/10.2147/IBPC.S361789 5. Getahun AB, Belsti Y, Getnet M, Bitew DA, Gela YY, Belay DG, Terefe B, Akalu Y, Diress M. Knowledge of intensive care nurses’ towards prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in North West Ethiopia referral hospitals, 2021: A multicenter, cross-sectional study. Annals of Medicine and Surgery. 2022 Jun 3:103895. 6. Sinamaw D, Getnet M, Abdulkadir M, Abebaw K, Ebrahim M, Diress M, Akalu Y, Ambelu A, Dagnew B. Patterns and associated factors of electrocardiographic abnormality among type 2 diabetic patients in Amhara National Regional State Referral Hospitals, Ethiopia: a multicenter institution-based cross-sectional study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2022 May 19; 22(1):230. Doi: 10.1186/s12872-022-02661-2. PMID: 35590246. 7. Gela YY, Fekadu SA, Belsti Y, Akalu Y, Dagnew B, Getnet M, Seid MA, Diress M. Cognitive impairment and associated factors among mature and older adults living in the community of Gondar town, Ethiopia, 2020. Sci Rep. 2022 May 9; 12(1):7545. Doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-11735-2. PMID: 35534683. 8. Belay DG, Getnet M, Akalu Y, Diress M, Gela YY, Getahun AB, Bitew DA, Terefe B, Belsti Y. Spatial distribution and determinants of bottle feeding among children 0-23 months in Ethiopia: spatial and multi-level analysis based on 2016 EDHS. BMC Pediatr. 2022 Mar 9; 22(1):120. Doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03181-w. PMID: 35264134. 9. Dagnew B, Diress M, Getnet M, Seid MA, Fekadu SA, Gela YY, Yeshaw Y, Belsti Y, Akalu Y. Predictors of dream enactment behavior among medical students: The case of the University of Gondar, Ethiopia. PLoS One. 2022 Feb 25; 17(2):e0263884. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263884. PMID: 35213585; PMCID: PMC8880670. 10. Seid MA, Ambelu A, Diress M, Yeshaw Y, Akalu Y, Dagnew B. Visual impairment and its predictors among people living with type 2 diabetes mellitus at Dessie town hospitals, Northeast Ethiopia: institution-based cross-sectional study. BMC Ophthalmol. 2022 Feb 3; 22(1):52. Doi: 10.1186/s12886-022-02292-3. PMID: 35114950; PMCID: PMC8815255. 11. Alvarez EM, Force LM, Xu R, Compton K, Lu D, Henrikson HJ, Kocarnik JM, Diress M…Pennini A, Dean FE, Fu W. The global burden of adolescent and young adult cancer in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Oncology. 2021 Dec 3. 12. Dagnew B, Teshale AB, Dagne H, Diress M, Tesema GA, Dewau R, Molla MD, Yeshaw Y. Individual and community-level determinants of knowledge of ovulatory cycle among women of childbearing age in Ethiopia: A multilevel analysis based on 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey. PloS one. 2021 Sep 2; 16(9):e0254094. 13. Getnet M, Akalu Y, Dagnew B, Gela YY, Belsti Y, Diress M, Fekadu SA, Seid MA. Visual impairment and its associated factors among medical and health sciences students at the University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia. PLoS One. 2021 Aug 19; 16(8):e0255369. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255369. PMID: 34411104. 14. Seid MA, Akalu Y, Gela YY, Belsti Y, Diress M, Fekadu SA, Dagnew B, Getnet M. Microvascular complications and its predictors among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at Dessie town hospitals, Ethiopia. Diabetol Metab Syndr. 2021 Aug 17; 13(1):86. Doi: 10.1186/s13098-021-00704-w. PMID: 34404465. 15. Akalu Y, Yeshaw Y, Tesema GA, Demissie GD, Molla MD, Muche A, Diress M, Tiruneh SA. Iron-rich food consumption and associated factors among children aged 6-23 months in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys. PLoS One. 2021 Jun 17; 16(6):e0253221. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253221. PMID: 34138916; PMCID: PMC8211154. 16. Belsti Y, Gela YY, Akalu Y, Dagnew B, Getnet M, Seid MA, Diress M, Yeshaw Y, Fekadu SA. Willingness of Ethiopian Population to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. 2021; 14:1233. 17. Gela YY, Getu AA, Adane A, Ayal BM, Akalu Y, Ambelu A, Diress M, Yeshaw Y. Cognitive Impairment and Associated Factors Among Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. 2021; 17:1483