Faculty of Medicine: Recent submissions
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Chemometric Classification of Mangifera indica L. Leaf Cultivars, Based on Selected Phytochemical Parameters; Implications for Standardization of the Pharmaceutical Raw Materials
(Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2023)Introduction: Mangifera indica leaves are among the most common materials employed in manufacturing herbal medicinal products. Despite the phytochemical variation of M. indica cultivars, there are no monographs to guide ... -
Burden of care and coping strategies among informal caregivers of people with behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in rural south-western Uganda
(BMC Geriatrics, 2023)Background: Caregiving is a draining role that inflicts a significant level of burden upon caregivers for older people with Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD). Caregiver burden is associated with poor ... -
Ease of marital communication and depressive symptom severity among men and women in rural Uganda: cross-sectional, whole-population study
(Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2022)Purpose: Depression is a major contributor to the global burden of disease. The extent to which marital communication may influence depression in contexts with little mental health support is unknown. Methods: We conducted ... -
Cigarette smoking and misperceived norms among adults in rural Uganda: a population-based study
(Tobacco Control, 2021)Background: Little is known about perceived norms about cigarette smoking in Uganda or the extent to which perceptions drive personal cigarette smoking behavior. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study in 2016–2018 ... -
A proposed de-identification framework for a cohort of children presenting at a health facility in Uganda
(PLOS Digital Health, 2022)Data sharing has enormous potential to accelerate and improve the accuracy of research, strengthen collaborations, and restore trust in the clinical research enterprise. Nevertheless, there remains reluctancy to openly ... -
Willingness of caregivers to donate a kidney to a patient with end-stage renal disease: Findings from four dialysis providing health facilities in Uganda
(PLOS Glob Public Health, 2022)Most patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) benefit from a kidney transplant but there is limited information from developing countries like Uganda about the willingness of caregivers for patients with end-stage ... -
Who’s slipping through the cracks? A comprehensive individual, clinical, and health system characterization of people with virologic failure on first-line HIV treatment in Uganda and South Africa
(HIV medicine, 2022)Objective: HIV virological failure remains a major threat to programme success in sub-Saharan Africa. While HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) and inadequate adherence are the main drivers of virological failure, the individual, ... -
Employers’ and Employees’ Perspectives of HIV Self-Testing at Male-Dominated Work Sites and Linkage to Posttest Services in Uganda
(The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 2020)This study explored men’s views of workplace-based HIV self-testing and the barriers and facilitators of linkage to posttest services. Six focus group discussions and individual in-depth interviews were held with employers ... -
Perceptions about local ART adherence norms and personal adherence behavior among adults living with HIV in rural Uganda
(AIDS and Behavior, 2022)Although misperceived norms often drive personal health behaviors, we do not know about this phenomenon in the context of antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence. We conducted a cross-sectional study including all persons ... -
Perceived and misperceived norms about khat and/or cannabis use among adults in southwest Uganda
(International Journal of Drug Policy, 2022)Background: Studies from high-income contexts have found evidence that norms about substance use are misperceived. The accuracy of perceived norms about khat and cannabis use in Uganda have not previously been described. Methods: ... -
Multicenter analysis of attrition from the pediatric TB infection care cascade in Boston
(The Journal of Pediatrics, 2023)Objectives: Characterizing losses from the pediatric tuberculosis (TB) infection care cascade is important to identify ways to improve TB infection care delivery. Study design: We conducted a retrospective cohort study ... -
Concordance Between Point-of-Care Urine Ethyl Glucuronide Alcohol Tests and Self-Reported Alcohol Use in Persons with HIV in Uganda
(AIDS and Behavior, 2022)In regions with high rates of alcohol use and HIV and TB infections, to accurately screen and assess alcohol use to maximize positive treatment outcomes remains problematic. In this study, we examined the concordance between ... -
Psychiatric comorbidities of epilepsy and treatment gap among children and adolescents at Butabika National Referral Psychiatric Hospital of Uganda
(One Health, 2023)Introduction: psychiatric comorbidities of epilepsy are common. In order to improve the overall quality of life of the affected individuals it is imperative for clinicians to screen and treat these conditions early. We ... -
An analysis of stroke risk factors by HIV serostatus in Uganda: Implications for stroke prevention in sub-Saharan Africa
(Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 2022)Objective: HIV infection is an important stroke risk factor in sub-Saharan Africa. However, data on stroke risk factors in the era of antiretroviral therapy (ART) are sparse. We aimed to determine if stroke risk factors ... -
Outpatient Cryptococcal Antigen Screening Is Associated With Favorable Baseline Characteristics and Improved Survival in Persons With Cryptococcal Meningitis in Uganda
(Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2023)Background: It is unknown whether persons with symptomatic cryptococcal meningitis detected during routine blood cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) screening have better survival than persons presenting with overt meningitis. ... -
Opportunities to Harness Technology to Deliver HIV Prevention / Healthy Sexuality Programming to Sexual and Gender Minority Adults Living in East Africa
(AIDS and Behavior, 2021)Because of stigmatization of and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other sexual and gender minority (SGM) people in East Africa, there is paucity of SGM-focused sexual health research. ... -
Bar Attendance and Alcohol Use Before and After COVID-19 Related Restrictions Among HIV-infected Adults in South-Western Uganda
(AIDS and Behavior, 2023)Alcohol use is especially problematic for people living with HIV (PLWH) and was likely to be impacted by the coronavi¬rus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and its restrictions. In a study of PLWH with latent tuberculosis ... -
How informal healthcare providers improve uptake of HIV testing: qualitative results from a randomized controlled trial
(AIDS, 2022)Objective: Uganda is HIV-endemic with a prevalence of 5.7%. Lack of epidemic control has been attributed to low engagement with HIV testing. Collaborating with informal healthcare providers, such as traditional healers, ... -
Low treatment success rate among previously treated persons with drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda
(Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2023)Rationale: In 2017, the treatment regimen for previously treated persons with tuberculosis (TB) changed to a shorter regimen that lasts six months and consists of Isoniazid, Rifampicin, Pyrazinamide, and Ethambutol. Few ... -
Adaption and pilot testing of a lay HIV supporter program for traditional healers: a mixed methods study in rural Uganda
(Implementation Science Communications, 2023)Background: Half of people living with HIV (PLWH) in sub-Saharan Africa default from care within two years. In Uganda, and across sub-Saharan Africa, traditional healers (TH) are ubiquitous and often serve as the first ...