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Metabolic syndrome and associated factors among severely ill psychiatric and non-psychiatric patients: a comparative cross-sectional study in Eastern Ethiopia

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13098-021-00750-4

Published Online: 2021-11-10

Published Print: 2021-12

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Authors

Fentie, Dilnessa

Derese, Tariku

Yazie, Bekele

Getachew, Yibeltal
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Funding for this research was provided by:

Dire Dawa University (120, 213)
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Article History

Received: 16 August 2021

Accepted: 28 October 2021

First Online: 10 November 2021

Declarations

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: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Dire Dawa University, college of medicine and health sciences (protocol no. 300/55//2021). The regional health office and hospital higher officials agreed to the carrying out the study at Dilchora Hospital. A letter of cooperation was obtained from Dire Dawa regional health office before the study commenced. A written informed consent was obtained from all study participants at the time of the study. Permission was asked to respondents and none of them was forced to participate in this study. Any identifiable issue was eliminated to ascertain confidentiality. All laboratory analysis was performed free of charge, and all participants who have metabolic disorder were referred to a respective physician for further evaluation.

: Not applicable.

: All the authors declared no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this paper.

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