Faculty of Medicine: Recent submissions
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Corneal endothelial cell density and associated factors among adults at a regional referral hospital in Uganda: a crosssectional study
(BMC ophthalmology, 2024)Background: To assess the prevalence of low corneal endothelial cell density and correlates of corneal endothelial cell density among adults attending Mbarara University and Referral Hospital Eye Centre in Uganda. Methods: ... -
Pharmaceutical Promotions and Compliance with Community-Acquired Pneumonia Prescribing Guidelines by General Practitioners in Mbarara
(Journal of Community Medicine and Primary Health Care, 2024)Background: Generic prescribing effectively reduces dispensing errors and promotes the availability, access and quality of pharmaceutical products in health facilities or pharmacies. However, in Uganda, non-compliance with ... -
Social network correlates of free and purchased insecticide-treated bed nets in rural Uganda
(Malaria journal, 2022)Background: Malaria is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in Uganda. Despite Uganda’s efforts to distribute bed nets, only half of households have achieved the World Health Organization (WHO) Universal Coverage ... -
Are rapid diagnostic tests more accurate in diagnosis of malaria compared to microscopy?
(Malaria Journal, 2010)Prompt, accurate diagnosis and treatment with artemisinin combination therapy remains vital to current malaria control. Blood film microscopy the current standard test for diagnosis of malaria has several limitations that ... -
Are rapid diagnostic tests more accurate in diagnosis of plasmodium falciparum malaria compared to microscopy at rural health centres?
(Malaria journal, 2010)Background: Prompt, accurate diagnosis and treatment with artemisinin combination therapy remains vital to current malaria control. Blood film microscopy the current standard test for diagnosis of malaria has several ... -
Stroke Recurrence Rate and Risk Factors Among Stroke Survivors in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review
(Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2024)Purpose: Evidence supporting secondary stroke in sub-Saharan Africa is scarce. This study describes the incidence of stroke recurrence and associated risk factors in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods and Materials: Scientific ... -
CNS Cryptococcoma in an Immunocompetent Adult from a Low Resource Setting: An Illustrative Case Report
(Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2023)Purpose: Cryptococcal infection in the Central Nervous System (CNS) is frequently seen in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients and others with low immunity. CNS cryptococcoma in immunocompetent patients is rare. We ... -
Characterization of Antibiotic Resistance in Select Tertiary Hospitals in Uganda: An Evaluation of 2020 to 2023 Routine Surveillance Data
(Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2024)Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a public health concern in Uganda. We sought to conduct an extended profiling of AMR burden at selected Ugandan tertiary hospitals. We analyzed routine surveillance data collected between ... -
Innovative laboratory methods for improved tuberculosis diagnosis and drug-susceptibility testing
(Frontiers in Tuberculosis, 2024)The laboratory plays a vital role in the diagnosis of all clinical forms of tuberculosis (TB), from microbiological confirmation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to drug-susceptibility testing (DST) and treatment monitoring. ... -
Association between serum P16ink4A concentration and CIN and cervical cancer among women attending a cervical cancer clinic in western Uganda: A case control study
(ynecologic Oncology Reports, 2024)Introduction: Tissue expression of P16ink4A is correlated with cervical lesions. In this study we determined the association between serum P16ink4A concentrations and cervical lesions among women attending the cervical ... -
Assessing the quality of drinking water from selected water sources in Mbarara city, Southwestern Uganda
(PLoS ONE, 2024)This study assessed the physical, chemical, and microbiological quality with emphasis on risk score, source apportionment, geochemistry, feacal coliforms and water quality index of drinking water from selected water sources. ... -
Physical and sexual victimization of persons with severe mental illness seeking care in central and southwestern Uganda
(Frontiers in public health, 2023)Purpose: This study established the prevalence of physical and sexual victimization, associated factors and psychosocial consequences of victimization among 1,201 out-patients with severe mental illness at Butabika and ... -
Hardiness and Caregiving-Satisfaction of Cancer Caregivers in Uganda
(International Journal of Scientific Research in Multidisciplinary Studies, 2022)This study’s objective was to assess the role of hardiness on caregiver satisfaction among caregivers of patients with cancer in Uganda. A cross-sectional study was carried out at Uganda Cancer Institute and Mbarara regional ... -
Coping and Caregiving-Satisfaction among Caregivers of Patients with Cancer at the Uganda Cancer Institute and Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda
(Open Journal of Medical Psychology, 2022)This study aimed at investigating the relationship between coping and caregiving satisfaction among informal cancer caregivers in Ugandan referral hospitals. A convenient sample of 436 consenting informal care givers aged ... -
Sexual violence amongst rural women living with HIV: prevalence, forms and lived experiences at health facilities in southwestern Uganda
(Pan African Medical Journal One Health, 2022)Introduction: sexual violence exists in different forms and contexts. It has different consequences including HIV/AIDS. There is limited information on the adoption of services to the victims. In this study, we investigated ... -
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Newborn Anemia in Southwestern Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study
(Anemia, 2024)Introduction: The global prevalence of maternal anemia is about 42%, and in sub-Saharan Africa, the prevalence of newborn anemia ranges from 25% to 30%. Anemia in newborn babies may cause complications such as delayed brain ... -
Gardening activity and its relationship to mental health: Understudied and untapped in low-and middle-income countries
(Preventive Medicine Reports, 2022)There is increasing awareness among researchers and health practitioners from high income countries about the potential mental health benefits of participating in gardening activities and spending substantial time in green ... -
Missed Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Due to Selective Screening: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study in the West Nile Sub-Region, Uganda
(Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, 2024)Purpose: To ascertain the prevalence and risk factors of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in pregnant women receiving antenatal care (ANC) services within the West Nile subregion of Uganda. Patients and Methods: An ... -
Surgical Management of a Thalamic Arteriovenous Malformation in a Young Male in a Low Resource Setting: An Illustrative Case Repor
(Journal of Surgery & Anesthesia Research, 2024)Introduction: The natural history of patients with arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) suggests that 10-17% die due to hemorrhage and 40-50% experience serious physical deterioration of their working capacity in their ... -
Effects of Physalis peruviana L. (leaf crude extracts) on blood glucose and functional biomarkers in streptozotocin-nicotinamide-induced diabetic rats
(Die Pharmazie-An International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2024)Promoting antidiabetic phytomedicines necessitates evidence-based preclinical investigations, particularly in animal models. The present study investigated the validity of using the streptozotocin-nicotinamide-induced type ...