African health sciences
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African health sciences · Dec 2023
Fertility awareness and teenage pregnancy in rural western Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study.
Teenage pregnancy (pregnancy among girls aged 13-19 years) is prevalent in Uganda but data about the associated factors are limited. ⋯ The prevalence of teenage pregnancy in Bulisa district is high. There is a need to target teenagers with correct fertility information, including the engagement of parents and religious leaders.
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African health sciences · Dec 2023
Hand hygiene among oral health care providers in public institutions in Edo state even in the wake of Lassa fever.
Hand hygiene is recognized as the leading measure to prevent the cross-transmission of microorganisms and to reduce the incidence of healthcare-associated infections. ⋯ The outbreak of Lassa fever does not seem to positively influence the practice of hand hygiene among the respondents. While knowledge of hand hygiene is satisfactory in this study, the practice still leaves much to be desired.
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African health sciences · Dec 2023
Observational StudyPrevalence and determinants of poor glycaemic control in individuals aged between 18-60 years, at a regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa- a cross sectional study.
Achieving optimal blood glucose control is imperative for preventing diabetes related complications and negative socio-economic consequences associated with them. ⋯ Patient that were female overweight, having a lower level of education, and greater than three-year duration of medication and on oral hypoglycaemic agent and/or insulin were more likely to have poor blood glucose control. These factors should serve as early identifiers of potential poor control and an alert clinician to adopt a more active approach to optimize treatment.
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African health sciences · Dec 2023
Application of joint modeling on the determinants of TB Status and CD4 cell count among antiretroviral therapy attendants in Gondar teaching referral hospital, Gonder, Ethiopia.
East African regions were highly affected by tuberculosis and the human immunodeficiency virus. The main objective was to identifying the associated factors with tuberculosis and CD4 cell count of patients in Gonder teaching referral hospital, Gonder, Ethiopia. ⋯ The patient who has other diseases is 5.04 more likely to be co-infected with HIV and TB diseases. And also, the estimated odds of being co-infected in both diseases were increased by 1.14 and 1.05 times when a unit change in weight and hemoglobin respectively. Moreover, the estimated odd of patients who have no other related disease were 51.13% less likely to be co-infected with both diseases.
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African health sciences · Dec 2023
Evaluation of thoracic inlet view plain radiograph in the management of patients with goitre.
Thoracic inlet view radiograph is an investigation for assessing patients with goitre in many centres in the sub-Saharan-region. However, there is paucity of information on its usefulness in the diagnosis of retrosternal goitre (RSG) and in planning for thyroidectomy. ⋯ It is a useful study for screening patients with goitre for retrosternal extension, however it could not be used to determine the need for extra-cervical surgical access during thyroidectomy.