African health sciences
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African health sciences · Sep 2014
Randomized Controlled TrialImpact of medication and psychological behaviour assessment by community pharmacists in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients after hospital stay.
Drug related problem (DRPs) is a key factor which will affect the outcome of therapy and safety. ⋯ The intervention of pharmacists showed little influence on any of the intermediate health outcomes in T2DM.
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African health sciences · Sep 2014
Development, initial content validation and reliability of Nigerian composite lifestyle CVD risk factors questionnaire for adolescents.
Cardiovascular disease risk (CVD) factors affect every age category including adolescents in developing nations. Prevention strategies are effective only when there are epidemiological data for the targeted populations. The collection of such data is only made easy with composite lifestyle CVD risk factors measures that are culturally sensitive and acceptable among the target populations. ⋯ The CVD risk factors questionnaire has acceptable content validity and reliability and should be used to assess CVD risk factors among adolescents in Nigeria.
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African health sciences · Sep 2014
Echocardiographic pattern and severity of valve dysfunction in children with rheumatic heart disease seen at Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago hospital.
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the commonest acquired heart disease in children worldwide but in Uganda, data is scarce regarding its morbidity and mortality. The disease has a progressive course and patients usually require valve repair/replacement in the future. ⋯ Mitral valve dysfunction was found in almost all the cases of RHD and majority of the children had severe valve disease at the time of their first presentations. Children with MS were predominantly above 10 years and severe AR was more common in males.
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African health sciences · Sep 2014
Is neck circumference measurement an indicator for abdominal obesity? A pilot study on Turkish Adults.
Neck circumference (NC) measurement is one of the simple screening measurements which can be used as an index of upper body fat distribution to identify obesity. ⋯ This study indicates that NC was associated with body weight, BMI, waist and hip circumferences and waist/hip ratio for men and women. A significant association was found between NC and conventional overweight and obesity indexes. NC was associated with waist/hip ratio for men and women.
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African health sciences · Sep 2014
Ebola viral hemorrhagic disease outbreak in West Africa- lessons from Uganda.
There has been a rapid spread of Ebola Viral Hemorrhagic disease in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since March 2014. Since this is the first time of a major Ebola outbreak in West Africa; it is possible there is lack of understanding of the epidemic in the communities, lack of experience among the health workers to manage the cases and limited capacities for rapid response. The main objective of this article is to share Uganda's experience in controlling similar Ebola outbreaks and to suggest some lessons that could inform the control of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. ⋯ Several factors have contributed to the successful quick containment of Ebola outbreaks in Uganda. West African countries experiencing Ebola outbreaks could draw some lessons from the Uganda experience and adapt them to contain the Ebola epidemic.