Modeling Time to Cure of Deep Vein Thrombosis Using Cox Proportional Model in Southwest of Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Globally, there are about 10 million cases of deep vein thrombosis every year, and it is the third leading cardiovascular disease after myocardial infarction and stroke. The objective of the study is to assess risk factors of time to cure patients of deep vein thrombosis in southwest Eth...

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Published in:	Ethiopian journal of health sciences Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 555 - 562
Main Authors:	Gelcho, Gurmessa Nugussu, Bekele, Mosisa Girma
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Jimma, Ethiopia Research and Publications Office of Jimma University 01-05-2022
Subjects:	Original
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Summary:	BACKGROUND: Globally, there are about 10 million cases of deep vein thrombosis every year, and it is the third leading cardiovascular disease after myocardial infarction and stroke. The objective of the study is to assess risk factors of time to cure patients of deep vein thrombosis in southwest Ethiopia.METHODS: A retrospective cohort study design was used. The study population was deep vein thrombosis patients at purposively selected hospitals in Southwest Ethiopia from January 2017 to December 2020. Cox proportional hazard model was used to identify risk factors associated with deep vein thrombosis.RESULTS: Out of the total 1068 registered as deep vein thrombosis patients, 263(24.6%) were cured during the study period, and 805(75.4%) were censored. Results of the Cox proportional hazard model show that; age, gender, family history of deep vein thrombosis, smoking status, immobilize and alcohol consumption were factors associated with deep vein thrombosis (p-value<0.05).CONCLUSION: The patients with a family history of deep vein thrombosis, prolonged immobilization, greater the 50 years, smoking cigarettes, female (non-pregnant) and alcohol users had a longer curing time of deep vein thrombosis compared to others.
Bibliography:	Funding: This work was supported by College of Natural Sciences Mega Research Project of Jimma University, Ethiopia Competing Interests: The authors declare that this manuscript was approved by all authors in its form and that no competing interest exists.
ISSN:	1029-1857 2413-7170
DOI:	10.4314/ejhs.v32i3.11