African health sciences
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African health sciences · Mar 2021
Early hearing threshold changes and peculiarities of audiometric assessments among patients in a drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment center.
Hearing threshold changes occurred relative to baseline at both one and two weeks after onset of aminoglycoside therapy. ⋯ Audiometric assessments within two weeks into therapy with anti-tuberculous therapy may not represent baseline audiometry. 7.5% of the patients developed ototoxicity within two weeks of therapy.
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African health sciences · Mar 2021
Access to root canal treatment in a Nigerian sub-population: assessment of the effect of dental health insurance.
The final pathway of tooth mortality lies between tooth extraction, and the more expensive and less accessible root canal treatment (RCT). ⋯ Dental insurance increased access to RCT. Socioeconomic status did not affect dental insurance status and dental visit for RCT.
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African health sciences · Mar 2021
Quality of life of adult individuals with intestinal stomas in Uganda: a cross sectional study.
Intestinal stomas remain important life-saving surgical options in a wide range of gastrointestinal pathologies globally. Living with a stoma has potential to impair the patient's quality of life, often with associated negative psychological effects. ⋯ Most participants had low levels of stoma-related quality of life, suffered negative psychological effects and exhibited limited social interactions. This calls for efforts to support Stoma patients adapt beter life.
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African health sciences · Mar 2021
The Newcastle satisfaction with nursing scales in a Mexican Oncology Hospital.
The principal aim of this study was to identify whether the Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing Scales (NSNS) could be used on cancer patients. ⋯ An NSNS instrument specifically designed for ambulatory care cancer patients is necessary for it to be useful in assessing cancer patients' perception of nursing care. This will help improve the quality of care in Mexico.The presence of cancer by itself could modify the patients' satisfaction level. Further large-scale studies are required to investigate the patients' perceptions of nursing care using the NSNS on different cancer patient groups.
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African health sciences · Mar 2021
Prevalence and determinants of asphyxia neonatorum among live births at Debre Tabor General Hospital, North Central Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.
More than one third of the neonatal deaths at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Debre Tabor General Hospital (DTGH) are attributable to birth asphyxia. Most of these neonates are referred from maternity ward of the hospital. However, there is no recent evidence on the prevalence and specific determinants of birth asphyxia at DTGH. Besides, public health importance of factors like birth spacing weren't addressed in the prior studies. ⋯ The prevalence of fifth minute asphyxia neonatorum was relatively low. Fortunately, its predictors are modifiable. Thus, we can mitigate the problem even with our limited resources such as enhancing the existing efforts of antenatal and intra-partum care, which could help early detection and management of any obstetric and neonatal health abnormality."