ABSTRACT Background of the study: The Global Status Report (2008) revealed that disease burdened as measured by disability adjusted life years (DALYS) attributed to alcohol and drug use as being the significantly higher in America and Europe .However , the overall disease burden attributable to alcoholism is not insignicant and evidence suggests that alcohol related problems will continue more to the overall disease burden over time Objectives: The general objective of the study is to a...
ABSTRACT Poor adherence to treatment of chronic diseases is a worldwide problem of particular concern. Globally, studies have indicated that recommended glycemic control is achieved by less than 50% of patients on anti-diabetes treatment due to non-adherence this was contrary to the findings of across sectional study carried out in Iganga and Bugiri in Uganda between October 2012 and January 2013 where adherence rate was found out to be 83.3%. Therefore to assess factors influencing adhe...
ABSTRACTApproximately, out of 3.4 billion people worldwide who are exposed to malaria annually, 1.2 billion are mainly children 0-5 years, and pregnant women. (WHO,2013). Malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Ugandaand is responsible for up to 40% of all outpatient visits, 25% of all hospital admissions and 14% of all hospital deaths. From Unpublished medical records of Katooke health Centre III (2016) indicated that approximately 15 malaria casesamong under-five year...
ABSTRACT.Globally, world stop pressure ulcer day showed nearly 70, 000 who were affected by pressure ulcer yearly, between 4% and 6% of the patients in acute setting were more than 5% to 10% of patients in non acute setting had pressure ulcer.The study was focused on factors contributing to pressure ulcer among admittedpatients in Moroto Regional Referral hospital in Moroto.This was a cross-sectional study design and quantitative in nature, this was selected due to its rapidity...
ABSTRACTPurpose of the studyThe purpose of this study is to determine factors influencing nurse-patient communication at Kampala International University Teaching hospital and the specificobjectives were to determine nurse-related factors influencing nurse-patient communication, to determine patient-related factors influencing nurse-patient communication and to establish environment factors influencing nurse-patientcommunication at Kampala International University Teaching hosp...
ABSTRACTBackground and objectives: Child bearing is one of the most eventual activities in women and life but comes along with a lot of consequences which range fromminor to major. The categorization of these consequences is classified based on the effect imposed on the individual woman and perineal tears happen to be of suchdiscomfort abilities in mothers lives. This study therefore aimed at exploring the factors that contribute to the perineal tears among mothers seeking mate...
ABSTRACTBackground of the study:Malaria remains the single main cause of ill-health and death among HIV/AIDSpatients in resource poor countries worldwide. Malaria still remains a challenginginfection affecting the lives of several HIV infected persons in Uganda.Problem statement:Statistics from the Ministry of Health (2016) show that malaria is still the leadingcause of death in Uganda, accounting for over 27% of deaths. Malaria prevalence inHIV+ positive patients in Kyamuhunga Health Centre ...
ABSTRACT The study was aimed at assessing knowledge, attitude and practices of cervical cancer screening among women above 30years attending Ishaka Adventist hospital, Ishaka municipality, Bushenyi district. The objectives of the study were to determine the awareness, attitude and practices of women above the age of 30years towards cervical cancer screening services. The review of the related literature to the study was drafted following specific objectives. The study used both qualitative an...
ABSTRACT The literature on mental illness demonstrates poor knowledge of mental illness among the general population and also indicates that people often have stigmatizing attitudes towards mental illness. A descriptive cross-sectional study and quantitative approaches were employed in data collection and 67 respondents were involved both males and females who were selected using simple random sampling method. The results indicated that generally knowledge on mental illness was poor although ...
ABSTRACTWhile burns take seconds to occur, injuries incurred result in morbidity and mortality among children under five years.The purpose of the study was to assess knowledge and practices of community members towards first aid management of burns among children under five years in Buramba cell one Bushenyi district.The study adopted a descriptive cross section design using a convenient sampling technique. Out of the 30 respondents in the study, majority were females25 (8...
ABSTRACTGlobally there was an estimated 33 million people living with HIV by the end of 2007and more than 25 million people since 1981 have died from AIDS. In 2007 there were 2.7million new infections and 2 million HIV-related deaths. All these facts are attributed tocompromise of adherence to ART. Currently there are an estimated 940,000 people(adults and children) living with HIV in Uganda but the adherence levels are henceposing a great challenge in the fight against the scourge. To assess...
ABSTRACTAlcohol abuse and alcohol dependence among the youth has become a global burdenhindering development, imparting high expenditures on treatment and counseling thevictims of alcoholism as well as the accelerated domestic violence and its effects.Uganda in general and Bushenyi Ishaka in particular alcohol constitutes an importantrole for road traffic accidents and other related crimes. To assess the factors influencingthe youth to alcoholism, descriptive cross sectional study design quan...
ABSTRACTImmunization is one of the major public health interventions to avoid childhoodillnesses and mortality. Globally, there are 30 million children who are not routinelyimmunized every year and 1.5 million children under five years of age die each yearfrom vaccine preventable diseases.The purpose of the study was to establish factors contributing to low immunizationcoverage in Kakoba Division - Mbarara Municipality, Mbarara District. Crosssectionaland descriptive study which employed a qu...
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