Mbarara University of Science and Technology Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
Now showing items 201-220 of 3211
-
Association between clinical and sonographic patterns of major peripheral arterial occlusion among patients presenting with lower limb dry gangrene at a single center in Western Uganda
(Tungs' Medical Journal, 2024-05-13)Background: Dry gangrene occurs due to a reduced blood supply in body parts, resulting in gradual necrosis. It is among the leading indications for lower limb amputation; however, in situations where timely access of ... -
“We are never taught anything about the elderly.” Establishing the gap in elderly health care competencies in nursing education in Uganda
(BMC nursing, 2022)Background: Nurses contribute the largest portion of Uganda’s health workforce providing care to individuals of all ages and communities. However, despite the growing number of the elderly population in Uganda with improved ... -
The Role of Mass Media Campaigns in Improving Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among Adolescents Living with HIV in Southwestern Uganda
(HIV/AIDS, 2022)Background: Globally, about 1.8 million adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 were living with HIV by close of 2021, of these, about 1.5 million were living in sub-Saharan Africa. This study explored the influence of ... -
Digital Anti-Corruption Typology for Public Service Delivery
(International Journal of Computer Applications, 2021)Digital anti-corruption refers to a family of digital technology tools that are used to fight corruption. Many such tools have not performed well in practice due to their non-alignment with forms of corruption they are ... -
Legacy of COVID-19 Innovations: Strengthening African Primary Health Care through Pandemic Innovations
(Sustainability, 2023)The COVID-19 pandemic led to a global surge of health care innovations aimed at curbing the pandemic. Some of the innovations were newly developed whereas others were modifications of existing technologies to suit the ... -
Effect of women’s intra-household bargaining power on postnatal and infant healthcare in rural Uganda–Results from a cross sectional survey in Kyenjojo district
(Midwifery, 2020)Global estimates by the United Nations inter-agency group for child mortality show that as of 2017, under-five mortality rate had decreased by 58%, from an estimated rate of 93 deaths per 1000 liv births in 1990 to 39 deaths ... -
Evidence-Supported Interventions for Reducing Secondary Stroke Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review
(Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2023)The study set out to perform a systematic literature review of evidence-based interventions that target the reduction of secondary stroke risk in Africa. The review analyzed longitudinal intervention studies conducted in ... -
Decision Enhancement Services for Small and Medium Enterprise Start-ups in Uganda
(45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2012)While start-up firms create a substantial economic impact on most economies, the failure rate of start-up firms seems to remain high due to inadequate agile decision services. Deciding to start-up mining Small and Medium ... -
Burden of heart diseases in children attending cardiology clinic in a regional referral hospital in Uganda
(International Clinical Pathology Journal, 2017)Introduction: Patterns and prevalence of heart diseases are different between the high income countries and low income countries. Acquired heart diseases like RHD, cardiomyopathies, pericarditis are still a public health ... -
Adverse maternal outcomes and associated factors among mothers of advanced age delivering at a tertiary hospital, southwestern Uganda: a cross-sectional study
(BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2024)Background: Mothers of advanced age, defined as pregnant women aged ≥ 35 years at the time of giving birth, are traditionally known to be associated with increased risks of adverse maternal outcomes. We determined the ... -
Assessing the Impact of E-Learning on Learners Mathematics Performance in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda
(Journal of Applied Sciences, Information, and Computing, 2021)This study investigated the impact of e-learning on learners’ academic performance in mathematics in Nakivale refugee settlement, Uganda. A causal-comparative research design was used to measure the effect of implemented ... -
A cross-sectional study of ERG expression and the relationship with clinicopathological features of Prostate cancer in Southwestern Uganda
(Diagnostic Pathology, 2024)Background: Prostate cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death and the second most commonly diagnosed cancer among men in Uganda and most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The TMPRSS2-ERG fusion gene is the ... -
Screening for Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency Using Three Detection Methods: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Southwestern Uganda
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2016)Despite the potential benefit of primaquine in reducing Plasmodium falciparum transmission and radical cure of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale infections, concerns over risk of hemolytic toxicity in individuals with ... -
Reducing stroke burden through a targeted self-management intervention for reducing stroke risk factors in high-risk Ugandans: A protocol for a randomized controlled trial
(Plos one, 2021)Introduction: Stroke burden is rapidly increasing globally. Modifiable risk factors offer an opportunity to intervene, and targeting hypertension is a key actionable target for stroke risk reduction in sub-Saharan Africa. ... -
Very young adolescent perceptions of growing up in rural southwest Uganda: Influences on sexual development and behavior
(African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2021)Very young adolescents (VYAs) are at the beginning of major physical, cognitive, emotional, and social changes that will set the course for a lifetime of health risks or resilience and yet, they have been largely an invisible ... -
Newborn care knowledge and practices among care givers of newborns and young infants attending a regional referral hospital in Southwestern Uganda
(PloS one, 2024-05-07)A child born in developing countries has a 10 times higher mortality risk compared to one born in developed countries. Uganda still struggles with a high neonatal mortality rate at 27/ 1000 live births. Majority of these ... -
Iron status of pregnant women at first antenatal booking in Mbarara University Teaching Hospital
(Tropical doctor, 1999)An assessment of iron status was made on 96 pregnant women and 29 non-pregnant, non-lactating menstruat- ing women of comparable age group as controls. Anaemia (haemoglobin < 110 g/l) was present in 84.4% of the pregnant ... -
Estimating prognosis for traumatic brain injury patients in a low-resource setting: how do providers compare to the CRASH risk calculator?
(Journal of neurosurgery, 2020)Objective: Traumatic brain injury (TBI), a burgeoning global health concern, is one condition that could benefit from prognostic modeling. Risk stratification of TBI patients on presentation to a health facility can support ... -
Integrating Adolescent Mental Health into HIV Prevention and Treatment Programs: Can Implementation Science Pave the Path Forward?
(AIDS and Behavior, 2023)Adolescent mental health (AMH) is a critical driver of HIV outcomes, but is often overlooked in HIV research and programming. The implementation science Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework ... -
Implementation of a safer conception programme for HIV- affected men and women in rural Uganda
(Global Public Health, 2024)We integrated safer conception care into a Ugandan HIV clinic. People with HIV (PWH), or partnered with a PWH, and desiring children were eligible for the Healthy Families Clinic Program. Clients completed quarterly safer ...