Peer-reviewed - Tesfa D.Habtewold

Neuropsychiatric disorders

Hao J, Tiles-Sar N, Habtewold TD, Liemburg EJ, Bruggeman R, van der Meer L, Alizadeh BZ. Shaping tomorrow’s support: baseline clinical characteristics predict later social functioning and quality of life in schizophrenia spectrum disorder. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatric Epidemiol. 2024. Poppe A, Tiles-Sar N, Konings SR, Habtewold TD, GROUP Investigators, Bruggeman R, Alizadeh BZ, van der Meer L. Moving from supported to independent living: what are the barriers and facilitators for individuals with psychosis?. Soc Psychiatry .Read More

Psychiatric Epidemiol. 2024 Habtewold TD, Liemburg EJ, Islam MA, de Zwarte SM, Boezen HM, GROUP Investigators. Association of schizophrenia polygenic risk score with data-driven cognitive subtypes: a six-year longitudinal study in patients, siblings and controls. Schizophr Res. 2020;223:135-147. Habtewold TD, Tiles-Sar N, Liemburg EJ, Sandhu AK, Islam MA, Boezen HM, GROUP Investigators, Bruggeman R, Alizadeh BZ. Six-year trajectories and associated factors of positive and negative symptoms in schizophrenia patients, siblings, and controls: Genetic Risk and Outcome of Psychosis (GROUP) study. Sci Rep. 2023:13(1):9391. Habtewold TD, Hao J, Liemburg EJ, Baştürk N, Bruggeman R, Alizadeh BZ. Deep Clinical Phenotyping of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Using Data-Driven Methods: Marching towards Precision Psychiatry. J Pers Med. 2023:13(6):954. Habtewold TD, Rodijk LH, Liemburg EJ, Sidorenkov G, Boezen HM, Bruggeman R, Alizadeh BZ. A systematic review and narrative synthesis of data-driven studies in schizophrenia symptoms and cognitive deﬁcits. Transl Psychiatry. 2020;10(1):244:1-24. Tiles-Sar N, Habtewold TD, Liemburg EJ, van der Meer L, Bruggeman R, Alizadeh BZ. Understanding Lifelong Factors and Prediction Models of Social Functioning After Psychosis Onset Using the Large-Scale GROUP Cohort Study. Schizophr Bull. 2023:sbad046. Tadese M, Tessema SD, Mihretie A, Wake GE, Teshome HN, Mulu GB, Habtewold TD. Perceived stress and its associated factors among people living in post-war Districts of Northern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study. PLoS One. 2022:17(12):e0279571. Habtewold TD, van Bronswijk S, Peeters F, Baştürk N. Cognitive behavioral analysis system of psychotherapy (CBASP) may not be superior to other treatments for chronic depression: Correspondence. J Aﬀect Disord. 2022;308:188-189. Sharew NT, Lam SC, Habtewold TD, Leung AY. Effect of multimodal nonpharmacologic interventions on cognitive function for people with dementia: Systematic review. Alzheimers Dement. 2021;17(S8): e057657. Mulugeta H, Yehuala A, Haile D, Mekonnen N, Dessie G, Kassa GM, Kassa ZS, Habtewold TD. Magnitude, risk factors and outcomes of stroke at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a retrospective observational study. Egypt J Neurol Psychiatr Neurosurg. 2020;56:41:1-9. Islam MA, Habtewold TD, van Es FD, Quee PJ, Alizadeh BZ, Bruggeman R, GROUP Investigators. Long‐term cognitive trajectories and heterogeneity in patients with schizophrenia and their unaﬀected siblings. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2018;138(6):591-604. GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Mental Health Collaborators. The burden of mental disorders in the Eastern Mediterranean region, 1990-2015: ﬁndings from the global burden of disease 2015 study. Int J Public Health. 2018;63(Suppl 1):25-37. Haile YG, Alemu SM, Habtewold TD. Common mental disorder and its association with academic performance among Debre Berhan University students, Ethiopia. Int J Ment Health Syst. 2017;11:34. Haile YG, Alemu SM, Habtewold TD. Insomnia and its temporal association with academic performance among university students: A cross-sectional study. Biomed Res Int. 2017;2017:2542367. Alemu SM, Habtewold TD, Haile YG. Mental and reproductive health correlates of academic performance among debre Berhan University Female Students, Ethiopia: the case of premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Biomed Res Int. 2017;2017:9348159. Habtewold TD, Alemu SM, Haile YG. Sociodemographic, clinical, and psychosocial factors associated with depression among type 2 diabetic outpatients in Black Lion General Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study. BMC Psychiatry. 2016;16(1):103. Habtewold TD, Islam MA, Radie YT, Tegegne BS. Comorbidity of depression and diabetes: an application of biopsychosocial model. Int J Ment Health Syst. 2016;10:74. Habtewold TD, Radie YT, Sharew NT. Prevalence of depression among type 2 diabetic outpatients in black lion general specialized hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Depress Res Treat. 2015;2015:184902. Stevanovic D, Habtewold TD, Niksić A, Avicena M, Mehta G, Popović L, Erić AP, Ristic S, Ćurković KD, Bježančević M, Stanković M, Pavlović TA, Knez R. Anxiety and depressive disorders in diabetes. In. Sadikot’s International Textbook of Diabetes. Jaypee Brothers, Medical Publishers Pvt. Limited; 2019, Page 823-828. [Book Chapter]

Cardiometabolic disorders

Zhao C, Habtewold TD, Naderi E, Liemburg EJ, Bruggeman R, Alizadeh BZ, GROUP Investigators. Association of clinical symptoms and cardiometabolic dysregulations in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Eur Psychiatry. 2023;67(1):e7. Habtewold TD, Islam MA, Liemburg EJ, GROUP Investigators, Bruggeman R, Alizadeh BZ. Polygenic risk score for schizophrenia was not associated with glycemic level (HbA1c) in patients with non-aﬀective psychosis: Genetic Risk and. Read More

Outcome of Psychosis (GROUP) cohort study. J Psychosom Res. 2020 132:109968 Habtewold TD, Bruggeman R, Liemburg EJ, Islam MA, Alizadeh BZ. The effect of (poly)genetic risk score of schizophrenia and type 2 diabetes and antipsychotic medication use on glycemic dysregulation. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2019;29(S4):1335. [Abstract] Habtewold TD, Islam MA, Liemburg EJ, Bruggeman R, Alizadeh BZ. Effect of genetic susceptibility to schizophrenia and type 2 diabetes mellitus on hyperglycemia in patients with schizophrenia. Genet. Epidemiol. 2018;42(7):684-748. [Abstract] Mohammed SH, Habtewold TD, Birhanu MM, Sissay TA, Tegegne BS, Abuzerr S, Esmaillzadeh A. Neighbourhood socioeconomic status and overweight/obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies. BMJ Open. 2019;9(11):e028238. Habtewold TD, Tsega WD, Wale BY. Diabetes mellitus in outpatients in Debre Berhan referral hospital, Ethiopia. J Diabetes Res. 2016;2016:3571368. GBD 2019 Diabetes Mortality Collaborators. Diabetes mortality and trends before 25 years of age: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2022;10(3):177-92. GBD 2019 Diabetes and Air Pollution Collaborators. Estimates, trends, and drivers of the global burden of type 2 diabetes attributable to PM2·5 air pollution, 1990–2019: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Planet Health. 2022;6(7):e586-e600. Dessie G, Wagnew F, Mulugeta H, Belachew A, Negesse A, Kassa GM, Habtewold TD, Parchinski K. Association Between the Level of Reported Good Medication Adherence and the Geographic Location of a Patient’s Residence and Presence of a Glucometer Among Adult Diabetic Patients in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Curr Ther Res Clin Exp. 2020;92:100585. eCollection 2020. Tegegne BS, Mengesha MM, Teferra AA, Awoke MA, Habtewold TD. Association between diabetes mellitus and multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis. Syst Rev. 2018;7(1):161. GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Obesity Collaborators. Burden of obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: ﬁndings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study. Int J Public Health. 2018;63(Suppl 1):165-176. GBD 2016 Risk Factors Collaborators. Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet. 2017;390(10100):1345-422. GBD 2015 Obesity Collaborators. Health eﬀects of overweight and obesity in 195 countries over 25 years. N Engl J Med. 2017;377(1):13-27. GBD 2015 Cardiovascular Disease Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of cardiovascular diseases for 10 causes, 1990 to 2015. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;70(1):1-25. Mohammed SH, Birhanu MM, Sissay TA, Habtewold TD, Tegegn BS, Esmaillzadeh A. What does my neighbourhood have to do with my weight?A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between neighbourhood socioeconomic status and body weight. BMJ open. 2017;7(9):e017567. Tegegne BS, Habtewold TD, Mengesha MM, Burgerhof JG. Association between diabetes mellitus and multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Syst Rev. 2017;6(1):6.

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Infant and child nutrition

Habtewold TD, Mohammed SH, Endalamaw A, Akibu M, Sharew NT, Alemu YM, Beyene MG, Sisay TA, Birhanu MM, Islam MA, Tegegne BS. Breast and complementary feeding in Ethiopia: new national evidence from systematic review and meta-analyses of studies in the past 10 years. Eur J Nutr. 2019;58(7):2565-2595. Mohammed SH, Habtewold TD, Arero AG, Esmaillzadeh A. The state of child nutrition in Ethiopia: an umbrella review of systematic review and meta-analysis reports. BMC Pediatr. 2020;20(1):404Read More

Mohammed SH, Habtewold TD, Esmaillzadeh A. Household, maternal, and child related determinants of hemoglobin levels of Ethiopian children: hierarchical regression analysis. BMC Pediatr. 2019;19(1):113. Mohammed SH, Habtewold TD, Tegegne BS, Birhanu MM, Sissay TA, Larijani B, Esmaillzadeh A. Dietary and non-dietary determinants of linear growth status of infants and young children in Ethiopia: Hierarchical regression analysis. PloS one. 2019;14(1):e0209220. Habtewold TD, Endalamaw A, Mohammed SH, Mulugeta H, Dessie G, Kassa GM, Asmare Y, Tadese M, Alemu YM, Sharew NT, Tura AK. Sociodemographic Factors Predicting Exclusive Breastfeeding in Ethiopia: Evidence from a Meta-analysis of Studies Conducted in the Past 10 Years. Matern Child Health J . 2021;25(1):72-94. Habtewold TD, Mohammed SH, Tegegne BS. Breast and complementary feeding in Ethiopia: new national evidence from systematic review and meta-analyses of studies in the past 10 years: reply. Eur J Nutr. 2020;59(2): 841-842. Mohammed SH, Habtewold TD, Abdi DD, Alizadeh S, Larijani B, Esmaillzadeh A. The relationship between residential altitude and stunting: evidence from> 26,000 children living in highlands and lowlands of Ethiopia. Br J Nutr. 2020 :1-21. Habtewold TD, Mohammed SH, Endalamaw A, Mulugeta H, Dessie G, Berhe DF, Birhanu MM, Islam MA, Teferra AA, Asefa NG, Alemu SM. Higher educational and economic status are key factors for the timely initiation of breastfeeding in Ethiopia: a review and meta‐analysis. Acta Paediatr. 2020;109(11):2208-2218. Mohammed SH, Habtewold TD, Muhammad F, Esmaillzadeh A. The contribution of dietary and nondietary factors to socioeconomic inequality in childhood anemia in Ethiopia: a regression-based decomposition analysis. BMC Res Notes. 2019;12(1):646:1-5. Habtewold TD, Sharew NT, Alemu SM. Evidence on the eﬀect of gender of newborn, antenatal care and postnatal care on breastfeeding practices in Ethiopia: a meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis of observational studies. BMJ open. 2019;9(5):e023956. Alemu SM, Alemu YM, Habtewold TD. Association of age and colostrum discarding with breastfeeding practice in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analyses. Public Health Nutr. 2019;22(11):2063-2082. Akibu M, Tekelab T, Amano A, Besho M, Grutzmacher S, Tadese M, Habtewold TD. Adherence to prenatal iron-folic acid supplementation in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC): a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. Syst Rev. 2018;7(1):107. Habtewold TD, Islam MA, Sharew NT, Mohammed SH, Birhanu MM, Tegegne BS. SystEmatic review and meta-aNAlysis of infanT and young child feeding Practices (ENAT-P) in Ethiopia: protocol. BMJ open. 2017;7(8):e017437. Beyene MG, Geda NR, Habtewold TD, Assen ZM. Early initiation of breastfeeding among mothers of children under the age of 24 months in Southern Ethiopia. Int Breastfeed J. 2017;12:1.

Maternal and child health

Abate M, Arefaynie M, Muche A, Molla A, Wodajo S, Temesgen K, Fentaw Z, Tefera Z, Habtewold TD. The effect of maternal age on still birth in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Health Sci Rep. 2024;7(5):e2105. Asmare Y, Shibabaw W, Yirga T, Dargie A, Habtewold TD. The magnitude of neonatal mortality and its predictors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Pediatr. 2021:7478108. eCollection 2021.Read More

Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS

Alemu YM, Habtewold TD, Alemu SM. Mother’s knowledge on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, Ethiopia: A cross sectional study. PloS one. 2018;13(9):e0203043. Endalamaw A, Tezera N, Eshetie S, Ambachew S, Habtewold TD. Adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy among children in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. AIDS Behav. 2018;22(8):2513-23Read More

Methodology

Habtewold TD, Alemu SM, Mohammed SH, Endalamaw A, Mohammed MA, Teferra AA, Tura AK, Asefa NG, Tegegne BS. Biomedical and public health reviews and meta-analyses in Ethiopia had poor methodological quality: overview of evidence from 1970 to 2018. J Clin Epidemiol. 2019;109:90-98. [Top publication awardee] Habtewold TD, Sharew NT, Mulugeta H, Dessie G, Kassa GM, Alebachew W, Birhanu MM, Teferra AA, Kenay A, . Read More