Department of Internal Medicine: Recent submissions
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Validity and Reliability of a Self-Reported Measure of Antihypertensive Medication Adherence in Uganda
(PLoS ONE, 2016-07-01)Background: The Morisky Medication Adherence scale (MMAS-8) is a widely used self-reported measure of adherence to antihypertensive medications that has not been validated in hypertensive patients in sub-Saharan ... -
GPS-measured distance to clinic, but not self-reported transportation factors, are associated with missed HIV clinic visits in rural Uganda
(AIDS, 2013)Objective—Studies of the association between transportation barriers and HIV-related health outcomes have shown both positive and negative effects, possibly because a reliable, validated measure of transportation barriers ... -
Frequency of Vital Signs Monitoring and its Association with Mortality among Adults with Severe Sepsis Admitted to a General Medical Ward in Uganda
(PLoS One, 2014)Introduction: Optimal vital signs monitoring of patients with severe sepsis in resource-limited settings may improve outcomes. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of vital signs monitoring of patients ... -
Validation of heart failure quality of life tool and usage to predict all-cause mortality in acute heart failure in Uganda: the Mbarara heart failure registry (MAHFER)
(BMC cardiovascular disorders, 2018-12-12)Background: The health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important treatment goal that could serve as low-cost prognostication tool in resource poor settings. We sought to validate the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy ... -
Optimisation of the Medical Education Partnership Initiative to address African health-care challenges
(Lancet Glob Health, 2015)The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) is an innovative and potentially transformative 5-year programme, established by the US Government in 2010, to increase the number of doctors to meet crucial human resource ... -
Opportunities to harness technology to deliver HIV Prevention / healthy sexuality programming to sexual and gender minority adults living in East Africa
(Springer Nature, 2020-10-29)Debido a la estigmatización y discriminación contra lesbianas, gays, bisexuales, transgénero y otras personas de minorías sexuales y de género en África Oriental, hay limitadas investigaciones sobre salud sexual centradas ... -
One-year incidence and standardized mortality rates for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Uganda
(2021)Background: Little is known about the survival of patients with esophageal squamous cell cancer in resource limited settings. Objectives: We sought to determine the incidence of one-year all-cause mortality and ... -
Hypoglycemia at admission is associated with inhospital mortality in Ugandan patients with severe sepsis
(Critical care medicine, 2011)Objective—Dysglycemia during sepsis is associated with poor outcomes in resource-rich settings. In resource-limited settings, hypoglycemia is often diagnosed clinically without the benefit of laboratory support. We studied ... -
The Effect of Therapeutic Lumbar Punctures on Acute Mortality From Cryptococcal Meningitis
(Clinical infectious diseases, 2014-07-23)Introduction. Cryptococcal meningitis is the most common cause of adult meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa. Raised intracranial pressure (ICP) is common in cryptococcosis. Prior studies suggest elevated ICP is associated ... -
Ideal Cardiovascular Health and Carotid Atherosclerosis in a Mixed Cohort of HIV-Infected and Uninfected Ugandans
(2017)Preventable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors are responsible for the majority of CVD-related deaths, and are increasingly recognized as a cause of morbidity and mortality for HIV-infected persons taking antiretroviral ... -
Aggregate Evaluable Organ Dysfunction Predicts In-Hospital Mortality from Sepsis in Uganda
(The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2011)We evaluated the association between severity of sepsis and in-hospital mortality in 150 patients with nonsurgical sepsis at a regional referral hospital in Uganda. In-hospital mortality occurred in 5 of 52 (9.6%) patients ... -
Facility-Level Factors Influencing Retention of Patients in HIV Care in East Africa
(PLOS ONE, 2016-08-10)Losses to follow-up (LTFU) remain an important programmatic challenge. While numerous patient-level factors have been associated with LTFU, less is known about facility-level factors. Data from the East African International ... -
Lowenstein-Jensen Selective Medium for Reducing Contamination in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Culture
(2014-04-03)We compared Mycobacterium tuberculosis sputum culture recovery and contamination rates between Lowenstein-Jensen medium (LJ) containing the following decontaminants and LJ alone: (i) PANTA (n = 299), (ii) Selectatab-MB (n ... -
Caregiving burden and mental health problems among family caregivers of people with dementia in rural Uganda
(2020-04-26)Background. Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias are associated with increasing health burden in low- and middle-income countries. Less well-recognized is the potential health burden experienced by other affected ... -
Money was the problem”: Caregivers’ self-reported reasons for abandoning their children’s cancer treatment in southwest Uganda
(WILEY, 2021-08-02)Introduction: Treatment abandonment contributes significantly to poor survival of children with cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). In order to inform an approach to this problem, we investigated why ... -
Psychiatric morbidity among physically ill patients in a Ugandan Regional Referral Hospital
(2013-04-12)Background: Mental illness is a global health burden that remains poorly understood even by health care providers. It is important to get insight of the prevalence, clinical features and management of psychiatric morbidity ... -
Timing of Antiretroviral Therapy after Diagnosis of Cryptococcal Meningitis
(2014-06-26)Background Cryptococcal meningitis accounts for 20 to 25% of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome–related deaths in Africa. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is essential for survival; however, the question of when ART should ... -
Community perceptions about dementia in southwestern Uganda
(BMC Geriatrics, 2020)Background: With the increasing number of people surviving into older age in Africa, dementia is becoming a public health concern. Understanding the social dynamics of dementia in resource-limited settings is critical ... -
Incidence and predictors of early loss to follow up among patients initiated on protease inhibitor-based second-line antiretroviral therapy in southwestern Uganda
(AIDS Research and Therapy, 2021-03-20)Abstract Background: Good adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and retention in care are essential for the efectiveness of an HIV care program. With the current increase in numbers of people living with HIV taking ... -
Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Western Uganda: Disease of Uncertainty and Poor Prognosis
(Sage, 2018)Objectives Patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) have symptoms that masquerade as benign conditions, resulting in late presentations. The objective is to describe characteristics and stages of patients ...