Faculty of Medicine: Recent submissions
Now showing items 1081-1100 of 1992
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Coping strategies for HIV and mental illness comorbidities among adult patients in southwestern Uganda
(Research square, 2022)Background: HIV and mental illness comorbidity remain one of the healthcare challenges with limited information and medical care attention. The co-existence of the two, result in poor coping thereby increasing vulnerability ... -
The Wooden Skull: An Innovation through the Use of Local Materials and Technology to Promote the Teaching and Learning of Human Anatomy
(BioMed Research International, 2020-08-27)Skeleton models are important in facilitating a student’s easy retention and recollection of information in the future. These may assist students carry out hands-on practice in order to acquire and practice new skills that ... -
Predicting Low Birth Weight: A comparison of Anthropometric Measurements taken by Midwives and Community Health Workers in Uganda
(Research square, 2019)Background: In many resource constrained countries, Uganda inclusive, women continue to give birth at home/in the community where there are no weighing scales to measure and record birth weight, and consequently low birth ... -
Knowledge and Practices of Self-Care among People with Diabetes in South Western Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study at a Regional Referral Hospital in Mbarara City
(Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2022)Background: Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease with increasing prevalence globally. Glycemic control is the ultimate management goal possible through self-care activities predominantly patient-driven and enhanced by ... -
Tackling sexually transmitted infection burden in Ugandan communities living in the United Kingdom: a qualitative analysis of the socio-cultural interpretation of disease and condom use
(African Health Sciences, 2015-09)Background: Despite being in a different country and social environment, Ugandans living in the UK still reportedly have the lowest rates of condom usage and one of the highest incidences of STIs in UK. In Uganda, STIs and ... -
Sexual and Relationship Benefits of a Safer Conception Intervention Among Men with HIV Who Seek to Have Children with Serodifferent Partners in Uganda
(AIDS and Behavior, 2021-11-19)Many men with HIV (MWH) in Uganda desire children, yet seldom receive reproductive counseling related to HIV care. Because men are under engaged in safer conception programming, they miss opportunities to reap the benefits ... -
Is Tracheostomy Safe?: Common Indications and Early Complications Among Ugandan Patients In A Pre-Covid-19 Era.
(Research square, 2021)Background: Tracheostomy is a life-saving procedure whose outcomes may vary between hospitals based on disparities in their existing expertise. We aimed at establishing the indications, early tracheostomy-related complications ... -
Evaluation of Bilateral Asymmetry in the Humerus of Human Skeletal Specimen
(BioMed research international, 2020)Several studies have established a relationship between morphological and behavioural asymmetry making investigations of bilateral bone asymmetry an attractive and important research area. The purpose of this study was to ... -
A Descriptive-Multivariate Analysis of Community Knowledge, Confidence, and Trust in COVID-19 Clinical Trials among HealthcareWorkers in Uganda
(Vaccines, 2021-03-12)Background: Misinformation and mistrust often undermines community vaccine uptake, yet information in rural communities, especially of developing countries, is scarce. This study aimed to identify major challenges associated ... -
Registration, procurement, distribution, and use of misoprostol in Uganda: an interview-based observational study
(The Lancet, 2013-10-20)Background: Poor access to essential medicines remains a barrier to improvement of health in low-income countries. The maternal mortality rate from post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) in Uganda is one of the highest in the world. ... -
Prevalence of Medication Errors and the Associated Factors: A Prospective Observational Study Among Cancer Patients at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
(Cancer Management and Research, 2021)Background: Medication error is one of the most common medical errors in the practice of modern medicine. Among cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, medication errors can be potentially harmful given the narrow therapeutic ... -
Potential Cost-Effectiveness of Prenatal Distribution of Misoprostol for Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage in Uganda
(PLoS ONE, 2016-11-11)Background: In settings where home birth rates are high, prenatal distribution of misoprostol has been advocated as a strategy to increase access to uterotonics during the third stage of labor to prevent postpartum hemorrhage ... -
Correction: Potential Cost-Effectiveness of Prenatal Distribution of Misoprostol for Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage in Uganda
(PLOS ONE, 2016-03-21)The correct sentences are “In the base-case analysis, misoprostol distribution lowered the expected incidence of PPH by 1.2% (95% credibility interval (CrI): 0.55%, 1.95%), mortality by 0.08% (95% CrI: 0.04%, 0.13%) and ... -
Civil Society Organizations and medicines policy change: A case study of registration, procurement, distribution and use of misoprostol in Uganda
(Social Science & Medicine, 2015-02-18)Misoprostol use for postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) has been promoted by Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) since the early 2000s. Yet, CSOs' role in improving access to misoprostol and shaping health policy at global and ... -
Multidisciplinary leadership training for undergraduate health science students may improve Ugandan healthcare
(African Journal of Health Professions Education, 2016)Background. Community-based education research and service (COBERS) is a platform for embedding progressive transformative leadership and research-related medical education in Uganda. The leadership development programme ... -
Health-point survey of bacteria urinary tract infections among suspected diabetic patients attending clinics in Bushenyi, Uganda
(Special Bacteria Pathogens Journal (SBPJ), 2015)Background: Although Urinary tract infections (UTI) and diabetes are individual public health pandemic, their comorbidities remain a global health dilemma. Regional surveillance holds the key to effective intervention. ... -
Tuberculosis in children at Mbarara University Teaching Hospital, Uganda: diagnosis and outcome of treatment
(African Health Sciences, 2002)Background: The diagnosis of tuberculosis in children is difficult particularly in HIV infected children. The poor outcome following antituberculosis treatment usually reported in HIV infected children might be due, in ... -
Trends in Antimicrobial Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Clinical Samples at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in Rural Uganda
(British Microbiology Research Journal, 2014)Aim: This study aimed at describing the antibiotic susceptibility patterns of S. aureus isolated from clinical samples at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital from 2003 to 2012. Methods: This was a retrospective study that ... -
Traditional Rituals and Customs for Pregnant Women in Selected Villages in Southwest Uganda
(Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada, 2015)Uganda has significantly improved its mortality rate in children under age five, but maternal mortality remains high and 2015 Millennium Development Goal 5A will not be achieved. The Ankole sub-region in south-western ... -
Toxicity of Amphotericin B Deoxycholate-Based Induction Therapy in Patients with HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis
(Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2015)Amphotericin B deoxycholate (AmBd) is the recommended induction treatment for HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis (CM). Its use is hampered by toxicities that include electrolyte abnormalities, nephrotoxicity, and anemia. ...