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Common Mental Illnesses and associated factors among residents, health professionals, & quarantined in Gondar town during the early stage of COVID-19 in 2020 (Role: Co-investigator)

Supervision

MSc supervision Mr. Adugnaw Adane: Shift-work sleep disorders among health professionals in Southern Ethiopia hospitals (2021, accepted) Mr. Abdulhenan Abdurahman: Sleep quality among pregnant women in Oromia regional state, Ethiopia (2021-ongoing). Mr. Deresse Sinamaw: ECG changes among type 2 DM patients in Amhara regional state referral hospitals (2021, published). Mr. Yonas Derso: Lung function and respiratory symptoms among cotton ginning workers at Gondar town (2020, published). Mr. Yohanes Addis: Lung function & respiratory symptoms among street sweepers at Gondar town, Ethiopia (2020-completed). Mr. Mohammed Abdu: Visual impairment among type 2 DM patients at Dessie town Hospitals, Ethiopia (2020, published).

Publication

1. 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. 2. 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254094. PMID: 34473727. 3. Dagnew, B., Andualem, Z. & Dagne, H. Excessive daytime sleepiness and its predictors among medical and health science students of University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: institution-based cross-sectional study. Health Qual Life Outcomes 18, 299 (2020). 4. Dagnew B, Dagne H, Andualem Z. Depression and Its Determinant Factors Among University of Gondar Medical and Health Science Students, Northwest Ethiopia: Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Study. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2020;16:839-845 5. Dagnew B, Dagne H, and Andualem Z. Self-Reported Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disturbance and Its Associated Factors among Medicine and Health Science Students at the University of Gondar. Biomed Research International 2020;2020 6. Dagnew B, Dagne H. Year of study as predictor of loneliness among students of University of Gondar. BMC Res Notes. 2019; 12(1):240. 7. Dagnew B, Wolide AD, Mossie A. Cognitive impairment among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia. Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology. 2017; 9(11). 8. Dagnew B, Andualem Z, Angaw DA, Alemu Gelaye K, Dagne H. Duration of exposure and educational level as predictors of occupational respiratory symptoms among adults in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. SAGE Open Medicine. January 2021. doi:10.1177/20503121211018121 9. Dagnew B, Yeshaw Y, Geremew D, Angaw DA, Dagne H, Alemayehu M, Molla MD, Akalu Y. Hypertriglyceridemia and Other Plasma Lipid Profile Abnormalities among People Living with Diabetes Mellitus in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. BioMed Research International. 2021 May 11;2021. 10. Dagnew B, Demissie GD, Angaw DA. Systematic review and meta-analysis of good self-care practice among people living with type 1 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Ethiopia: A national call to bolster lifestyle changes. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine, vol. 2021. 11. Dagnew B, Yeshaw Y. Predictors of isolated systolic hypertension among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia. BMC Res Notes. 2019; 12(1):510. 12. 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 13. Sinamaw, D., Getnet, M., Abdulkadir, M, 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 22, 230 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-022-02661-2 14. Gela, Y.Y., Fekadu, S.A., Belsti, Y., Akalu Y, Dagnew B, Getnet M, Seid MA, Dress M . Cognitive impairment and associated factors among mature and older adults living in the community of Gondar town, Ethiopia, 2020. Sci Rep 12, 7545 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11735-2 15. Simegn W, Dagnew B, Dagne H. Health professionals' practice to care cytotoxic drug handling and associated factors: The case of university of Gondar specialized hospital. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2022 Mar 29:10781552221090200. doi: 10.1177/10781552221090200. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35345939. 16. Simegn W, Dagnew B, Weldegerima B and Dagne H (2022) Knowledge of Antimicrobial Resistance and Associated Factors Among Health Professionals at the University of Gondar Specialized Hospital: Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Study. Front. Public Health 10:790892. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.790892 17. Seid, M.A., Ambelu, A., Diress, M. et al. 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 22, 52 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-022-02292-3 18. 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 Childbirth. 2021 Dec 13;21(1):824. doi: 10.1186/s12884-021-04302-6. PMID: 34903217; PMCID: PMC8667373. 19. Derso Y, Dagnew B, Akalu Y, Getu AA, Getnet M, Yeshaw Y. Pulmonary function, respiratory symptoms and associated factors among cotton-ginning workers at Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study. Int J Physiol Pathophysiol Pharmacol. 2021 Oct 15;13(5):140-147. PMID: 34868464; PMCID: PMC8611241. 20. Kinyoki D, Osgood-Zimmerman AE, Bhattacharjee NV; Local Burden of Disease Anaemia Collaborators, Kassebaum NJ, Hay SI. Anemia prevalence in women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2018. Nat Med. 2021 Oct;27(10):1761-1782. doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01498-0. Epub 2021 Oct 12. PMID: 34642490; PMCID: PMC8516651. 21. Simegn W, Dagnew B, Dagne H, Weldegerima B. Health professionals' attitude and associated factors toward cytotoxic drug handling in University of Gondar specialized hospital: Institution-based cross-sectional study. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2021 Sep 30:10781552211040490. doi: 10.1177/10781552211040490. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34590934. 22. GBD 2019 Stroke Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Neurol. 2021 Sep 3:S1474-4422(21)00252-0. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(21)00252-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34487721. 23. GBD 2019 Respiratory Tract Cancers Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of respiratory tract cancers and associated risk factors from 1990 to 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Respir Med. 2021 Aug 16:S2213-2600(21)00164-8. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00164-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34411511. 24. 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. 25. 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. 26. Dewau R, Angaw DA, Kassa GM, Dagnew B, Yeshaw Y, Muche A, Feleke DG, Molla E, Yehuala ED, Tadesse SE, Yalew M, Fentaw Z, Asfaw AH, Andargie A, Chanie MG, Ayele WM, Hassen AM, Damtie Y, Hussein FM, Asfaw ZA, Addisu E, Adane B, Ayele FY, Kefale B, Zerga AA, Mekonnen TC, Necho M, Ebrahim OA, Adane M, Ayele TA. Urban-rural disparities in institutional delivery among women in East Africa: A decomposition analysis. PLoS One. 2021 Jul 30;16(7):e0255094. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255094. PMID: 34329310; PMCID: PMC8323938. 27. GBD 2020, Release 1, Vaccine Coverage Collaborators. Measuring routine childhood vaccination coverage in 204 countries and territories, 1980-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020, Release 1. Lancet. 2021 Jul 14:S0140-6736(21)00984-3. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00984-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34273291. 28. GBD 2019 Dementia Collaborators. The Burden of Dementia due to Down Syndrome, Parkinson's Disease, Stroke, and Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Neuroepidemiology. 2021;55(4):286-296. doi: 10.1159/000515393. Epub 2021 Jun 28. PMID: 34182555; PMCID: PMC8794050. 29. Yeshaw Y, Jemere T, Dagne H, Andualem Z, Akalu Y, Dewau R, Teshale AB, Tesema GA, Dagnew B. Factors associated with births protected against neonatal tetanus in Africa: Evidences from Demographic and health surveys of five African countries. PLoS One. 2021 Jun 17;16(6):e0253126. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253126. PMID: 34138922. 30. Dagne H, Atnafu A, Alemu K, Azale T, Yitayih S, Dagnew B, Maru Alemayehu A, Andualem Z, Mequanent Sisay M, Tadesse D, Hailu Chekol S, Mengistu Mamo E, Simegn W. Anxiety and associated factors among Ethiopian health professionals at early stage of COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia. PLoS One. 2021 Jun 8;16(6):e0252664. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252664. PMID: 34101757. 31. Simegn W, Dagnew B, Yeshaw Y, Yitayih S, Woldegerima B, Dagne H. Depression, anxiety, stress and their associated factors among Ethiopian University students during an early stage of COVID-19 pandemic: An online-based cross-sectional survey. PLoS One. 2021 May 28;16(5):e0251670. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251670. PMID: 34048434. 32. GBD 2019 Hearing Loss Collaborators. Hearing loss prevalence and years lived with disability, 1990–2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet. 2021; 397: 996–1009. 33. 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. 34. GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators; Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study. Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet Glob Health. 2020 Dec 1:S2214-109X(20)30425-3. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30425-3. 35. Local Burden of Disease HIV Collaborators. Subnational mapping of HIV incidence and mortality among individuals aged 15-49 years in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-18: a modelling study. Lancet HIV. 2021 Jun;8(6):e363-e375. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(21)00051-5. PMID: 34087097. 36. Bhattacharjee NV, Schaeffer LE, Hay SI; Local Burden of Disease Exclusive Breastfeeding Collaborators. Mapping inequalities in exclusive breastfeeding in low- and middle-income countries, 2000-2018. Nat Hum Behav. 2021 Jun 3. doi: 10.1038/s41562-021-01108-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34083753. 37. GBD 2019 Chewing Tobacco Collaborators. Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Public Health. 2021 May 27:S2468-2667(21)00065-7. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00065-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34051920. 38. Belsti Y, Gela YY, Akalu Y, Dagnew B, Getnet M, Abdu Seid M, Diress M, Yeshaw Y, Fekadu SA. Willingness of Ethiopian Population to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2021;14:1233-1243 https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S312637 39. Abdu Seid M, Dagnew B. Predictors of Poor Plasma Glucose Maintenance in Type II Diabetic People with Ophthalmic Complication: The Case of Dessie Hospitals in Ethiopia. Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes. 2021;14:2317-2324 https://doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S291674 40. Andualem Z, Dagne H, Azene ZN, Taddese AA, Dagnew B, Fisseha R, Muluneh AG, Yeshaw Y. Households access to improved drinking water sources and toilet facilities in Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis based on 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey. BMJ Open. 2021 Mar 18;11(3):e042071. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042071. PMID: 33737423. 41. Yehuala T, Melese E, Bogale KA, Dagnew B. Determinants of implanon discontitnuation among women who use implanon at Bahir Dar Town Health Institutions, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019: A case control study. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine, vol. 2020, 42. Andualem Z, Azene ZN, Dessie A, Dagne H, Dagnew B. Acute respiratory infections among under-five children from households using biomass fuel in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis. Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. 2020 Dec 23;15. 43. Roth GA, Mensah GA, Johnson CO, Addolorato G, Ammirati E, Baddour LM, Barengo NC, Beaton AZ, Benjamin EJ, Benziger CP, Bonny A. Global burden of cardiovascular diseases and risk factors, 1990–2019: update from the GBD 2019 study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2020 Dec 9. 44. Molla MD, Akalu Y, Geto Z, Dagnew B, Ayelign B, Shibabaw T. Role of Caspase-1 in the Pathogenesis of Inflammatory-Associated Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases. J Inflamm Res. 2020;13:749-764 45. Dagne H, Andualem Z, Dagnew B, Taddese AA. Acute respiratory infection and its associated factors among children under-five years attending pediatrics ward at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: an institution-based cross-sectional study. BMC Pediatr. 2020; 20 (1):93. 46. LBD Double Burden of Malnutrition Collaborators. Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017. Nat Med. 2020; 10.1038/s41591-020-0807-6. 47. Agegnehu G, Atenafu A, Dagne H, Dagnew B. Adherence to Iron and Folic Acid Supplement and Its Associated Factors among Antenatal Care Attendant Mothers in Lay Armachiho Health Centers, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2017. Int J Reprod Med. 2019; 2019:5863737. 48. Alemayehu AM, Dagne H, Dagnew B. Knowledge and associated factors towards diabetes mellitus among adult non-diabetic community members of Gondar city, Ethiopia 2019. PLOS ONE 15(3): e0230880. 49. GBD 2017 Oesophageal Cancer Collaborators. The global, regional, and national burden of oesophageal cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 [published online ahead of print, 2020 Apr 1]. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020; S2468-1253(20)30007-8. 50. GBD 2017 Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease Collaborators. The global, regional, and national burden of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 [published online ahead of print, 2020 Mar 13]. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020; S2468-1253(19)30408-X. 51. Franklin RC, Peden AE, Hamilton EB, et al. The burden of unintentional drowning: global, regional and national estimates of mortality from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 Study. Inj Prev. 2020; injury prev-2019-043484. 52. Simegn W, Dagnew B, Dagne H. Self-Medication Practice and Associated Factors Among Health Professionals at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study. Infect Drug Resist. 2020;13:2539-2546 53. Simegn W, Dagnew B, Dagne H. Knowledge and associated factors towards cytotoxic drug handling among University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital health professionals, institutional-based cross-sectional study. Environ Health Prev Med. 2020; 25(1):11. 54. Taddese AA, Dagnew B, Dagne H, Andualem Z. Mother’s Handwashing Practices and Health Outcomes of Under-Five Children in Northwest Ethiopia. Pediatric Health Med Ther. 2020;11:101-108 55. Andualem Z, Dagne H, Taddese AA, Dagnew B. Mothers' Handwashing Knowledge as a Predictor of Diarrheal Disease Among Under-Five Children Visiting Pediatric Ward in University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019. Pediatric Health Med Ther. 2019; 10:189–194. 56. Dagne H, Biya AA, Tirfie A, Yallew WW, Dagnew B. Prevalence of pediculosis capitis and associated factors among schoolchildren in Woreta town, northwest Ethiopia. BMC Res Notes. 2019; 12(1):465. 57. Dagne H, Biya AA, Tirfie A, Yallew WW, Andualem Z, Dagnew B. Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Pediculus Capitis Prevention and Control and Their Predictors among Schoolchildren in Woreta Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018: A School-Based Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Pediatrics. 2020 Jul 1;2020. 58. Dagne H, Bogale L, Borcha M, Tesfaye A, Dagnew B. Handwashing practice at critical times and its associated factors among mothers of under-five children in Debark town, northwest Ethiopia, 2018. Ital J Pediatr. 2019; 45(1):120.